Obituaries
Barney Phillips
Apr 27, 2012
Barney Phillips, 79, of Leesburg, GA, died Friday, April 27, 2012 at Tift Health Care. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. at Leesburg Cemetery, Rev. A.B. Stroud and Mr. Russell Stroud will officiate.A native of Douglas, GA Mr. Phillips had resided in Leesburg since 1965. He was a retired truck driver with Lee...
Betty Ione Rustin
Apr 25, 2012
Mrs. Betty Ione Rustin, age 79, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at Phoebe Putney North Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday, April 28, at 2:00 PM at the Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. The family will greet friends following the service at the funeral home.Born to the late William and Ione Sumner Hancock, Mrs....
Christine S. Alligood
Apr 25, 2012
Christine S. Alligood, 92, of Albany, GA died Thursday, April 25, 2012 at Unihealth Magnolia Manor South in Moultrie, GA. Graveside services will be held 3:00 PM, Saturday, April 28, 2012 at Sunset Cemetery, Meigs, GA. Rev. John Spencer will officiate. Mrs. Alligood's grandsons will serve as pallbearers.Mrs. Alligood was born September 18, 1919 in Mitchell County to the late...
Carlton (Carl) Shelby Bailey
Apr 22, 2012
Carlton (Carl) S. Bailey, 85, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in the Morgan Methodist Church Cemetery.A native of Calhoun County, GA, Mr. Bailey had resided in Albany, GA most of his adult...
Sara Edwina Mathis
Apr 22, 2012
Edwina W. Mathis, 86, of Leesburg, GA, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Lee County Health Care. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 3:00 PM at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Mark Walker and Rev. Jim Luttrell will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.She was born in Waycross, GA Mrs. Mathis had...
Jean Anne Markert
Apr 22, 2012
Jean A. Markert, 81, of Dawson, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Dawson Manor Nursing Home. Private family services were held at Andersonville National Cemetery. A native of Stambough, MI, Mrs. Markert was the office manager at Dr. Douglas Kahler, DDS and a member of St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. She is preceded in death by...
Billy Lawrence Hammack, Sr
Apr 21, 2012
Billy L. Hammack, Sr., 86, of Hoschton, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died Saturday, April 21, 2012 at Oconee Hospice of the Foothills, Seneca, SC, following a long battle with lung cancer. Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home with military honors. Rev. Russell Anglin and Rev. Charlie Rouse will officiate....
Mabel Marchant Purvis Horne
Apr 21, 2012
Mabel Marchant Purvis Horne, 96, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, April 21, 2012 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Andy Taunton will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery. A native of Tift County, GA, Mrs. Horne had lived most of her life in...
Pauline Wiggins Sadler
Apr 20, 2012
Pauline Wiggins Sadler, 83, of Lee County, GA, died Friday, April 20, 2012 at Lee County Health Care. Funeral services will be held Monday, April 23, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Douglas County, GA, Mrs. Sadler had resided in Lee County...
Claude Lemount Mossburg
Apr 20, 2012
Claude Lemount Mossburg, of Albany, GA, died Friday, April 20, 2012, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday April 28, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist Church with military honors. Dr. Matthews Nance will officiate.A native of Liberty Center, IN, Mr. Mossburg had resided in Bluffton, IN. most of his life. Claude graduated from...
Susie Lee Hardage Crocker
Apr 18, 2012
Susie Lee Hardage Crocker, 92, of Dawson Manor in Dawson, GA died Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:00 PM at New Providence Baptist Church, Buena Vista, GA. Rev. David Chapman and Rev. John Homer will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Crocker will lie in state at...
Nicholas John Retza, Jr
Apr 17, 2012
Nicholas (Nick) John Retza, Jr., 84, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A Funeral Mass will be conducted Saturday, April 21, 2012 at11:00 A.M. at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. Rev. Finbarr Stanton will officiate. Interment will follow in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA at a later date. A native of Galveston, TX, Nick...
Minnie Ella Hartley Gardner
Apr 17, 2012
Minnie E. Hartley Gardner, 89 of Albany, GA died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 20, 2012 at Mathews Funeral Home at 11:00 AM. Rev. Doc Rufus Williams and Rev. Mark Knight will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native and lifelong resident of Lee Co., GA, Mrs. Gardner was...
Walter Ray Mock
Apr 13, 2012
Walter Ray Mock, 63, of Albany, GA, died April 13, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Joey Cannon will officiate.A native of Donalsonville, GA, Mr. Mock had lived in Albany, GA most of his life. He was a graduate of Albany High School and Valdosta State...
Anna Ruth Pejko
Apr 8, 2012
Anna Ruth Pejko, 80, of Albany, GA died Sunday, April 8, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 10:00 AM at Central Baptist Church. Rev. Greg Davis, Major Henry Hunter and A/Captain John Sikes will officiate. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery. A native of Valdosta, GA, Mrs. Pejko had resided...
Nita Dale Peak Smith
Apr 5, 2012
Nita Dale Peak Smith, 68, of Albany, GA died Thursday, April 5, 2012 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held Monday, April 9, 2012 at 2:00 PM at Faith Baptist Church. Rev. Jerry Deans and Rev. Paul Wilkes will officiate. Interment will follow in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery in Randolph County, GA.A native of Brunswick, GA, Nita had...
Elonzo Willis Blocker
Apr 4, 2012
Elonzo Blocker, 85, of Baconton, GA died April 4, 2012 at Phoebe Putney memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, April 9, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Chris Tuner will officiate. A native of Donalsonville, GA, Mr. Blocker had resided in Baconton since 1976 moving from Camilla, GA. He was a retired building...
Dr. William Don Bush
Apr 3, 2012
Dr. William Don Bush, 81, of Albany, GA, died April 3, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. Leigh Ann Raynor will officiate. Interment will follow at Clayton Cemetery in Clayton, AL at 5:00 PM CST, Rev. Bill Brown will officiate.A native of Clayton, AL,...
Marvin Eugene ""Gene"" Collins
Apr 3, 2012
Marvin Eugene “Gene†Collins, 75 of Albany died Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at his residence. Memorial services will be Friday, April 6, 2012 at 7:00 PM at Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Albany. Dr. Ron. Baxley will officiate. A native of Mitchell Co. GA, Mr. Collins was an Albany resident for fifty two years and a member of Amazing Grace...
Rosalee Claire Brown
Mar 27, 2012
Rosalee Claire Brown, infant daughter of Matthew and Pearl-Anne Brown of Midlothian, VA, was born to the angels March 27, 2012. She is also survived by her sister, Lorelai Brown; maternal grandparents, Sam and Kathy Lee of Leesburg, GA; paternal grandparents, Dallas and Deborah Brown of Richmond, VA; aunt and uncles, Samantha and Ashley Helton of Leesburg, GA, and Joshua...
