Obituaries
Carl Kenneth (Ken) Houston
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...
John L. Gay
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...
Carl Johnnie Montgomery
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...
Clifford S. Simpson
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...
Pauline Kinard Sims
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...
Gwendolyn (Gwen) Cooper Milliner
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....
Coy Allen Spurlin
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...
Lona Jeri Dickson
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...
Claude Capps
Aug 26, 2011
Claude Capps, of Albany, GA, died Friday August 26, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Madison, FL, Mr. Capps grew up in Sale City, GA and graduated from Sale City High School in 1952....
Beulah Parks Bass
Aug 25, 2011
Beulah Parks Bass, 82, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Sunnyside Baptist Church. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Red Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Worth County, GA.A native of Worth County, GA Mrs. Bass had resided in Albany since...
Curtis Lee Yates
Aug 24, 2011
Curtis Lee Yates, 90 of Albany, GA died Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 4:00 PM at Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. Tony Haefs and Rev. Roy Cook will officiate. Graveside services will follow Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at Singer's Glen Cemetery in Singer's Glen, VA.A native of Washington D.C.,...
Janet Watson Simpson
Aug 23, 2011
Janet Watson Simpson, 64, of Albany, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at Wilson Hospice House. The graveside funeral service will be conducted Friday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Billy Joe Butler will officiate. A native of Tift County, GA, Mrs. Simpson had resided in Albany since 1954 moving from Bainbridge, GA. She was a retired administrative...
Margaret Ann Reynolds
Aug 21, 2011
Margaret Brazeal Reynolds from Dawson, GA, passed away peacefully at her home, Sunday August 21, 2011.Margaret is survived by her husband, Marvin D. Reynolds, her daughters, Laura Burgin of Atlantic Beach, Florida and Deborah Monteferrante of Windermere, Florida and her five grandchildren. Her son Michael Reynolds preceded her in death.Everyone that knew Margaret loved her humor and kindness, she will...
Lillian Gay Boyd
Aug 18, 2011
Lillian Gay Boyd, 80, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, August 18, 2011 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, August 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Minister Doug Haught will officiate.A native of Quitman, GA, Mrs. Boyd had resided in Albany since 1969 moving from Tallahassee, FL. She began her nursing career with...
Donald Dean Bauman
Aug 14, 2011
Donald Dean Bauman, 69, of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, August 14, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No services will be held.MATHEWS FUNERAL HOMEALBANY, GA229-435-5657
Susan Yates Thorne
Aug 12, 2011
Susan Yates Thorne, 50, of Leesburg, GA died Friday, August 12, 2011 at her residence. A celebration of life service will be held at 7:00 PM Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 125 Century Road, Leesburg, GA.A native of Moultrie, GA Susan had resided in Leesburg, GA since 1994 moving from Wilson, NC. She was the owner/operator of Leesburg Flower and...
Martha Dorman Cooper Phillips
Aug 6, 2011
Martha Dorman Cooper Phillips, 86, of 736 Airport Rd., Smithville, GA, died Saturday August 6, 2011 at Palmyra Medical Center in Albany, GA. A memorial service will be conducted Tuesday August 9, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at Smithville United Methodist Church. Dr. Leonard L. Dupree and Rev. Cecilia Hurley will officiate.A native of Clayton, AL, Mrs. Phillips had resided in...
Betty Jean Shiver
Aug 4, 2011
The memorial service of Betty Jean Shiver, 71, of Albany, GA, who died August 4, 2011, will be conducted Saturday at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Watkins will officiate. A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Mrs. Shiver was a homemaker and a Jehovah Witness by faith.Survivors include two sons, Raymond Shiver, JR. and John Shiver...
Fannie Sally Crumbley Bowen
Aug 4, 2011
Fannie Sally Crumbley Bowen, 99, of Albany, GA formerly of Irwin County, GA, died Thursday, August 4, 2011 at her residence. Services will be held Sunday August 7, 2011 with the viewing at 10:30 a.m. and funeral to follow at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Wilson will officiate. Interment will follow in the Pitts City Cemetery, Pitts,...
