Obituaries
Rayford Lee Cresswell
Mar 23, 2012
Memorial services for Mr. Rayford Lee Cresswell, 70 of Leesburg will be Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with Rev. Tony Haefs officiating. The family will receive friends after the service at the funeral home. Mr. Cresswell died Friday, March 23, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany.Mr. Cresswell was a native of Montana...
Lillie Marie Conn
Mar 22, 2012
Marie Conn, 85, of Plains, GA formerly of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Wellstar Cobb Hospital and Medical Center, Austell, GA. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Sunday, March 25, 2010 at 2:00 PM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Mike Wilson will officiate. A native of Christain, WV Mrs. Conn had resided in Plains, GA since 2007 moving...
Elaine Croft
Mar 22, 2012
Elaine Croft of Leesburg, made her journey to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 22, 2012.She is survived by her loving husband of 30 years, Carl Croft, a daughter, Michele Knight of Leesburg, GA, and two granddaughters, Summer L. Stauffer of Savannah, GA and Mackenzy Knight of Leesburg, GAMrs. Croft was retired from K Mart and was a very...
Melanie Wylene Brown
Mar 21, 2012
Melanie W. Brown, 26, of 118 Joiner Drive, Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Tommy Powell will officiate. Interment services will follow at 2:30 PM in Irwinville Cemetery.A native of Fitzgerald, GA, Miss Brown had resided in Leesburg, GA since 1990. She...
Raymond Montgomery Hepner, Sr
Mar 20, 2012
Raymond M. Hepner, Sr., 69, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery with military honors.A native of Pensacola, FL, Mr. Hepner had resided in Albany since 1973 moving...
Anderson Lewis Hyman
Mar 15, 2012
Anderson Lewis Hyman, 83, of Mitchell County, GA died March 15, 2012 at Mitchell Convalescent Center in Camilla, GA. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. David Aumsbaugh will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Worth County, GA he was born to the late Horace Daniel Hyman and Mary Coston Hyman....
Tammie Gail Duke
Mar 13, 2012
Tammie Gail Duke, 47, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday March 13, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday March 16, 2012 at Acree First Baptist Church at 10:00 a.m. Rev. Brian Allen will officiate. Interment will follow in Liberty Hill Baptist Church, Doerun, GA.A native of Ocilla, GA, Tammie had resided in Tifton, GA. most...
Joseph Henry Mathis
Mar 12, 2012
Joseph Henry Mathis, 81, of Albany, GA, died Monday, March 12, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 10:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran LCMS. Rev. Earl Steffens will officiate. Interment will follow at Andersonville Nat'l Cemetery with full military honors. A native of Mayo, FL, Mr. Mathis had resided in Albany, GA, for the...
Robert Earl Granger
Mar 11, 2012
Robert Earl Granger 68, of Albany, GA died Sunday, March 11, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Reagan Marsh will officiate. Interment will follow in Blakely City Cemetery.A native of Blakely, GA, Mr. Granger had lived most of his life in Albany, GA. He was...
Ann N. Duke
Mar 10, 2012
Ann Newlin Duke was born August 25, 1918 in Arlington, Georgia. She went on to be with the Lord on March 10, 2012.A celebration of her life will be held at Mathews Funeral Home, 3206 Gillionville Road, Albany, Georgia on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 12:00 PM. Visitation will be held one hour before funeral time.Ann was affectionately known as...
James (Jim) B. Hanna
Mar 9, 2012
James B. (Jim) Hanna, 59, of Albany, GA, died Friday, March 9, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bill Behrend will officiate.A native of Hemingway, SC, born to the late Loyd and Della Marie Hudson Hanna, Jim had lived in Albany, GA since...
JAMES (JIM) B. HANNA
Mar 9, 2012
James B. (Jim) Hanna, 59, of Albany, GA, died Friday, March 9, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bill Behrend will officiate.A native of Hemingway, SC, born to the late Loyd and Della Marie Hudson Hanna, Jim had lived in Albany, GA since...
Betty Jean Cave
Mar 8, 2012
Betty Jean Cave, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, March 8, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Sherwood Baptist Church Chapel. Rev. Tom Pollock and Mr. Bailey Cave will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Umatilla, FL, Mrs. Cave had resided in Albany,...
Bowden Hires, Jr
Mar 8, 2012
Bowden Hires, Jr. 73, of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, March 8, 2012 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home, in Americus, GA. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2:00 PM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. A native of Butler, GA, Mr. Hires had resided in Leesburg since 1970 moving from Reynolds, GA. He was a graduate of...
Edwin Gerald Cooke, Sr
Mar 7, 2012
Edwin G. Cooke, Sr., 86, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Cook and Rev. Hugh Chatham will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens with Military Honors.Mr. Cooke was born December 14, 1925 in...
Anne Bacon Studdard
Mar 3, 2012
Anne Bacon Studdard of 107 E. Artesian Avenue, Montezuma, GA passed away on March 3, 2012. She was 86 years old.Mrs. Studdard was born Leila Anne Bacon in Doerun, GA, on March 13, 1925, the daughter of Ernest Lynwood Bacon and Sally Hadden Bacon. A graduate of Doerun High School, Mrs. Studdard attended Georgia State Women's College at Valdosta and...
Cecil Albert (C.A.) Brown
Mar 2, 2012
Mr. Cecil Albert (C.A.) Brown, 79, of Albany, GA, died Friday March 2, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Mr. Brown was born in High Point, NC, and was the only son of the late William Allen and Mae Douglas Brown of Statesville, NC. He grew up on the family farm where he enjoyed hunting of all types and graduated...
Robert J. Merchant
Mar 1, 2012
Robert J. (Bob) Merchant, 86, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, March 1, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Reverend Ron Holman will officiate. Committal services will follow in the Blakely City Cemetery with Reverend Ben Liggin officiatingA native of Willacoochee, GA, Mr. Merchant graduated from Willacoochee High School...
William Fred (Bill) Brooks, Sr
Feb 29, 2012
The funeral service of William Fred (Bill) Brooks, Sr., 82, of Albany, GA, who died Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at Phoebe North Hospital, will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ralph Estes will officiate. Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memory Gardens, Pelham, GA.A native of Pelham, GA, Mr. Brooks had resided in Albany most of...
Laurence Moody
Feb 28, 2012
Laurence Moody, 95, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at Northside Hospital Cherokee in Canton, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, March 2, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Don Adams will officiate. Interment will follow in Oaklawn Cemetery, Fort Valley, GA at 4:30 p.m. Dr. Don Adams and Rev. Danny Stubbs officiating. A...
