Obituaries
Gary Vann Klias
Nov 8, 2011
Gary Vann Klias, 56, of Stone Mountain, GA, formerly of Baker Co., GA, who died Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA will be conducted Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Leary City Cemetery, Leary, GA.Born in Arlington Co., GA, Mr. Klias had resided in Baker Co., GA...
Mary Stutts March
Nov 7, 2011
Mary Stutts March, 80, of Albany, GA died Monday, November 7, 2011 at Lee County Health Care. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Thursday, November 10, 2011 at Mathews Funeral Home. A private entombment service will be held at Crown Hill Mausoleum. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. A native of Sumter SC, Mrs. March had...
Weyman Eugene Harris
Nov 6, 2011
The funeral service of Weyman Eugene Harris, 61, of Rochester, MN, formerly of Albany, GA, who died November 6, 2011 will be conducted Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Carrie Myers will officiate. Interment will follow in Kimball Cemetery in Worth County, GA.Weyman was a native and longtime resident of Albany, GA. He was a loving son...
Thad Hugh Knight, Sr
Nov 5, 2011
Thad Hugh Knight, Sr., 81, of Lee County, GA, died November 5, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 4:00 PM at Thundering Springs Baptist Church. Rev. Jerry Deans and Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Baptist Church Cemetery with Masonic Rites and the Lee County Sheriff's Department will conduct honors.Mr....
Martha Juanita Taylor
Nov 5, 2011
Martha Juanita Taylor, 87, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, November 5, 2011 at lee County Health Care. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, November 7, 2011 at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Marshall will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Colquitt County, GA Mrs. Taylor had resided in Albany since 1943 moving...
Edna L. Williams
Nov 3, 2011
Edna L. Williams, 84, of Albany, GA died November 3, 2011 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Billy Hanna will officiate.A native of Wingate, TX, Mrs. Williams spent most of her life in Texas and moved to Albany, GA fourteen years ago. She was a homemaker and...
Deborah Raye Cross
Nov 3, 2011
Deborah Raye Cross, 61, died November 3, 2011, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Private services will be held at a later date. A native of Hampton, VA, and resident of Doerun, GA, Mrs. Cross was a retired U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sergeant and machinist from the Marine Corps Logistics Base. She was a member of the Air Force Sergeant's...
Shirle Ann Clements Jordan
Nov 3, 2011
Shirle Ann Clements Jordan, 76, of Leary, GA, died Novemeber 3, 2011 at her daughter's residence in Alpharetta, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00AM at the Leary City Cemetery. Rev. Heath Kahlbau will officiate.A native of Morgan, GA, Mrs. Jordan moved to Leary, GA in 1958 from Athens, GA. She was a homemaker and former teacher...
Patrick Noel Frankovich
Nov 2, 2011
Patrick Frankovich, 43, of Sylvester, GA died Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at Willson Hospice House. A Celebration of Life service will be held Monday, November 7, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Isabella Baptist Church, Sylvester, GA. Rev. Jason Jones will officiate. Patrick had lived most of his life in Albany, GA and Sylvester, GA. He was a Quality Assurance Manager...
Wanda Jean Furra Elkins
Nov 1, 2011
Wanda Jean Furra Elkins, 80 of Albany, GA died Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at her residence. Memorial services will be conducted Friday, November 4, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. in the Walden Chapel of the First United Methodist Church in Albany, GA. Rev. Don Adams and Rev. Carrie Austin will officiate. A native of Sacul, TX, Mrs. Elkins had resided in...
Loyde Carl Patterson
Nov 1, 2011
Loyde C. Patterson, 74, of Ft. Gaines, GA formerly of Albany died November 1, 2011 at his residence. Memorial services will be conducted Friday at 11:00 AM (EST), 10:00 AM (CST) at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Eufaula, AL. Father David Shoemaker will officiate. A native of Danbury, IA, Mr. Patterson had resided in Ft. Gaines, GA for the past seventeen...
Mary Lyda Little
Nov 1, 2011
Mary Lyda Little, 88 of Leesburg, GA died Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at her daughter's residence. The family will be at Mathews Funeral Home on Friday, November 4th to receive visitors from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 AM at The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Leesburg Congregation. Steve Dyes, Sr. will officiate....
Myrtice Estella Creel
Oct 27, 2011
Myrtice E. Creel, 89, of Albany, GA died Thursday, October 27, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Larry Daughtry, Jr. and Rev. Jerry Etheredge will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.Born to the late Earl...
Mearl Rogerl McCreary
Oct 26, 2011
Mearl Roger McCreary, 82, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died October 26, 2011 at his residence in Albany, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, October 28, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Andersonville National Cemetery with military honors. He will be interred with his wife, Melba McCreary who preceded him in death in 2008.Mr. McCreary was a Korean War...
Lamarr Earle Parr
Oct 26, 2011
Lamarr E. Parr, 79, of Albany, GA, died October 26, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Leigh Ann Raynor will officiate. Mr. Parr grew up on a farm in Southwest Baker County, GA and after serving his country for four years in the United States Air...
Barbara Bailey Johnson
Oct 25, 2011
Mrs. Barbara Johnson, 60, of Albany passed away on October 25, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.Visitation will be held at Mathews Funeral Home on Thursday, October 27, 2011 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Funeral services will be Friday, October 28, 2011 at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev Jackie Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in Milford...
M.SGT. Daniel J. (Dan) Dickson USMS (Retired)
Oct 25, 2011
M.SGT. Daniel J. (Dan) Dickson USMC (Retired), 68, of Worth County, GA died Tuesday October 25, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Sunday, October 30, 2011 at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Fred Smith will officiate. Interment will be held Monday, October 31, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, GA...
Randall Willis
Oct 22, 2011
Randall "Ringo" Willis, 69, of Albany, GA died Saturday, October 22, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Bruce Gordon will officiate. Interment will follow at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Scooterville, GA.A native of TyTy, GA, Mr. Willis had resided in Albany for the past...
Bruce Roland Eastman
Oct 21, 2011
Bruce R. Eastman, 72, of Cordele, GA, died October 21, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Brother Terry Crisp and Bill Acord will officiate. Interment will follow in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery.A native of Wichita, KS, Mr. Eastman had resided in Cordele, GA for the past twenty two years...
Betty M. Bailey
Oct 21, 2011
Betty M. Bailey, 76, of Albany, GA, died Friday, October 21, 2011. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, October 29 at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Wesley Kaylor and Jeremy Jones will officiate. A native of Iaeger, WV, Mrs. Bailey had resided in Albany since 1991, moving from Island Lake, IL. She was a retired Forklift Operator...
