Obituaries

Sep 23, 2011

Betty Ann Pitre, 70, of Albany, GA, died Friday September 23, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 3:00 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Mike O'Neal and Dr. D.W.Caldwell will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Vienna, GA, Mrs. Pitre lived most of her life...

Sep 20, 2011

Joy Elaine Willerson, 65, of Cuthbert, GA died Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will have a service at a later date.Mrs.Willerson was born and had lived most of her life in Cuthbert, GA. She was a machine operator with Kellwood Manufacturing Company and was a member of Mt. Hebron Baptist Church.Survivors include her husband,...

Sep 19, 2011

Hannah Faith Lamb, newborn daughter of Joshua and Rebecca Lamb, died Tuesday, September 19, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A private funeral service will be conducted Saturday at 10:00AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Keith Smith will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.Survivors also include, paternal grandparents, Emory (Bubba) and Leslie Lamb of Pelham, GA, Sheila and...

Sep 19, 2011

Holman Paul Holt, Jr., 80, of Albany, GA, died September 19, 2011 at Willson Hospice House. His remains will be cremated and buried beside his wife at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Livermore Falls, ME, Mr. Holt had resided in Albany, GA since 1970 moving from Live Oak, CA. He served his country for twenty years in the United States...

Sep 19, 2011

Bernie Oliver, 74, of Moultrie, GA formerly Albany, GA, died Monday, September 19, 2011 at Colquitt Regional Medical Center, Moultrie, GA. Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley will officiate. A native of Dooly County, GA Bernie had lived in Albany, GA for many years before...

Sep 19, 2011

Donald (Don) Lee Worrell, Sr. 73, of Leesburg, GA died Monday, September 19, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Minister Gary Collier will officiate. A native of Hurtsboro, AL, Mr. Worrell had resided in Leesburg since 1975, moving from Texas. He was a Vietnam Veteran and served...

Sep 18, 2011

S.M. (Sam) Davis, 91, of 2708 W. Doublegate Drive, Albany, GA, died Sunday, September 18, 2011 at his residence. Services will be announced at a later date and he will be interred next to his wife at Riverside Cemetery.Mr. Davis was born November 21, 1919 in Baker County, GA to the late Bille Marven Davis and Bryan Beecher Davis. He...

Sep 17, 2011

Miriam Vivian Blount, 75, of Albany, GA, died Saturday September 17, 2011 at her residence.Funeral services will be held Monday September 19, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will be in Westview Cemetery, Wrightsville, GA. Her brother, Rev. Danny Barton will officiate. A native of Lyons, GA, Mrs. Blount had resided in Albany since 1984 moving from...

Sep 17, 2011

Patricia Ann McConnell Jeffcoat, 65, of Albany, GA, died Saturday September 17, 2011 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Newton, GA, Mrs. Jeffcoat had resided in Albany, GA for the past thirty years...

Sep 15, 2011

Johnny Knight, 57, of Albany, GA died Thursday, September 15, 2011 at his residence. A celebration service will be conducted Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 2:00 PM at the residence of his sister and brother-in-law, 143 Creekview Drive, Leesburg, GA.A lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Mr. Knight graduated from Albany High School in 1972 and was employed with Lee Products...

Sep 12, 2011

Robert Carl (Bob) Wettengel, 67, of Albany, GA died Monday, September 12, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday September 14, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home with visitation to follow until 8:00 p.m. Rev. Tim Olds will officiate. Funeral services will also be conducted in the chapel of West Lawn Memorial Park on Saturday...

Sep 10, 2011

Carl Kenneth (Ken) Houston died Saturday September 10, 2011 at The Georgia Veteran's Home in Milledgeville, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Early County, GA, born to the late Henry Herbert Houston and Beulah Vera DuBose Houston, he resided in Albany, GA from 1940 until...

Sep 9, 2011

The graveside funeral service of John L. Gay, 84, of Lee County, GA who died September 9, 2011 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, TN will be conducted Tuesday at 3:00 PM at Oak Hill Cemetery in Quitman, GA. Rev. William E. Harris will officiate.A native of Quitman, GA, Mr. Gay was a graduate of Quitman High School and attended...

Sep 8, 2011

Carl J. Montgomery, 75, of Lee County, GA died September 8, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM at the funeral home. Bill Maxwell, Richard Hunter, Robert Lane, Larry Taylor, Willie Walker...

Sep 7, 2011

Sep 5, 2011

Clifford S. "Shine" Simpson, 68, of Albany, GA, died Monday, September 5, 2011 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Billy Joe Butler will officiate.A native of Arlington, GA, he moved from Baker County to Albany, GA in 1976. Mr. Simpson proudly served in the US Army...

Sep 5, 2011

Pauline Kinard Sims, 75 of Leesburg, GA passed away at her home on September 5, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, at 10:00 AM at Avalon United Methodist Church, Pastor Craig Howell and Rev. Dennis Lanning will officiate. Interment will follow in Vienna City Cemetery, Vienna, GA. Pauline was born September 13, 1935 in Sumter County, GA. She was...

Aug 29, 2011

Gwendolyn (Gwen) Cooper Milliner, 81, of Leesburg, GA died August 29, 2011 at her home. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 10:00 AM at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Dennis Laning will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Early County, GA to the late Marcine and Thelma Cooper, Mrs. Milliner moved to Albany in 1957....

Aug 26, 2011

Coy Allen Spurlin, 57, of Leesburg, GA, died Friday August 26, 2011 at his residence. A graveside funeral service will be held Monday August 29, 2011 at Crown Hill Cemetery at 10:00 a.m. Rev. John Spencer and Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA before moving to Leesburg, GA, Mr. Spurlin was an electrical engineer...

Aug 26, 2011

Lona Jeri Dickson, 75, of Worth County, GA, died August 26, 2011 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Doerun, GA, Mrs. Dickson graduated from Doerun High School and moved to Albany, GA in 1963. She...