Obituaries
Patricia Ann Sanders Pollock
Jan 25, 2023
Patricia Ann Sanders Pollock, 81, of Albany, GA passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 30, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Brian Howard and Minister Jesse Jackson will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Albany, GA.
Born March 10, 1941 in Opelika, AL, Mrs....
Phillip J. Holtzclaw
Jan 24, 2023
Phillip Joel Holtzclaw, 74, of Albany, died Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
His funeral service will be 11:00 AM, Tuesday, January 31, 2023 in the Chapel at Sherwood Baptist Church with interment to follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.
A native of Greer, SC, Mr. Holtzclaw had lived in Albany for the past 30 years. He...
Marilyn Maxwell Kramer
Jan 24, 2023
Marilyn Maxwell Kramer, 82, of Tallahassee, FL, died January 24, 2023 at Big Bend Hospice Center surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Marilyn was born on October 12, 1940 in Albany, GA to Leon Edgar and...
Janis Lenora Norris Pierce
Jan 22, 2023
Janis Norris Pierce, 76, of Albany, Georgia passed away January 22, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral service will be held Friday January 27, 2023 at 2:00 PM at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Mark Jackson will officiate.
Janis was born on November 25, 1946 in Opp, AL to the late...
Ann Dalton Davis
Jan 22, 2023
Matilda Ann Dalton Davis, 96., of Albany, GA passed away Sunday, January 22, 2023 at her daughter’s residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Keith Smith will officiate.
Born in Florida, Mrs. Davis had resided in Leesburg, GA a number of years before moving to Albany, GA...
Odysseus Andres "Ody" Cisneros
Jan 21, 2023
Odysseus Andres "Ody" Cisneros, 4 months old son of Matthew and Rebakah Cisneros and brother of Orion Cisneros passed away Saturday, January 21, 2023 in Albany, GA. Memorial services will be held Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 10:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Barker will officiate.
The family will receive friends following the services at Mathews Funeral Home.
Haynes M. Tankersley
Jan 20, 2023
Haynes Milton Tankersley passed away on January 20, 2023 at the age of 96. Funeral services will be conducted at Byne Memorial Baptist Church at 2:00 pm on January 28. Visitation will be held at 1:00 pm. Reverend Mark Jackson and Reverend Charlie Brown will officiate. A graveside service will follow at Crown Hill cemetery.
Haynes was born on May...
George "Little George" Andrew Dillard, Jr.
Jan 19, 2023
George A. “Little George” Dillard, Jr., 55, of Albany, GA, died January 19, 2023, at his residence. A memorial service will be held February 17 at 6 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ross Powell and Jim Ervin will officiate.
George was born on October 1, 1967, to Dr. George A. Dillard and Sharon La Roza Ervin in Griffin, GA. ...
George Andrew Dillard, Jr.
Jan 19, 2023
George A. “Little George” Dillard, Jr., 55, of Albany, GA, died January 19, 2023, at his residence. A memorial service will be held Friday, February 17, 2023 at 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate.
George was born on October 1, 1967, to Dr. George A. Dillard and Sharon La Roza Ervin in Griffin,...
Betty Jean Tucker
Jan 17, 2023
Betty Jean Tucker, 79, of Baconton, Ga, died January 17, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Thomas Morey will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service.
Mrs. Tucker was born on April 21, 1943 in Cartersville, GA to Thurmond and Maude Wells. ...
Betty Louise Hudson
Jan 17, 2023
Betty Louise Atkinson Aldredge Hudson, 92, of Meigs, GA went to be with our Lord at Archbold Hospital in Thomasville, GA on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, January 20, 2023 at 12:00 pm at Floral Memory Gardens. Pastor Royce Johnson will officiate.
Mrs. Hudson was born in rural Thomas County on December...
James Elton "Jimmy" Herrington
Jan 16, 2023
James Elton "Jimmy" Herrington, 51, of Sasser, GA died Monday, January 16, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Henry and Rev. Brad Hughes will officiate. Interment will follow in Parrott City Cemetery.
Jimmy was born in Dawson, GA and was a graduate of Lee County High...
Gwendolyn Hunt Johnson
Jan 11, 2023
Gwendolyn Hunt Johnson of Albany, GA., died Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bruce English will officiate.
Gwendolyn Johnson was born and raised in Doerun, GA until the age of around fifteen years old and then moved south...
Mark Milburn Brown
Jan 11, 2023
Mark Milburn Brown, 72, of Albany, GA, passed away peacefully at his home on January 11, 2023. The family will receive friends and family from 5 pm until 7 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at Mathews Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held Monday, January 16, 2023 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ray Lowe will officiate. Interment...
Denzil Holton Harrell
Jan 11, 2023
Denzil H. Harrell, 76, of Smithville, GA, died January 11, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 14, 2023 11:00AM at Friendship Baptist Church in Leesburg, GA with Military Honors provided by The American Legion. Rev. Mark Spraggins will officiate. Committal services will follow on January 20, 2023 at Andersonville National Cemetery at 10:00...
Barbra Cotton
Jan 10, 2023
Barbra Ann Cotton,79, died Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at her residence. Graveside services will be held Friday, January 13, 2023 at 2:00 pm at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. George S. Johnson and Pastor Jonathan LaBarge will officiate.
Barbra was born on September 22, 1943 in Pensacola, FL to Roy and Ruby Langford. While in High School, she met Jack...
Edward Boyd "Ed" Stephenson, Jr.
Jan 7, 2023
Edward Boyd (Ed) Stephenson, Jr., 92, of Leesburg, GA passed away, Saturday, January 7, 2023 at The Oaks at Oakland Plantation. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Mausoleum.
Ed moved with his family to Albany in 1942. He attended Albany High School and joined...
Phillip Wayne Ragsdale
Jan 7, 2023
Phillip Wayne Ragsdale,Sr., 88, of Leesburg, GA passed away Saturday, January 7, 2023 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Military graveside funeral services Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. at Hillcrest Cemetery, Sylvester, GA. Rev. Grady Morey will officiate.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Phil graduated from East Nashville High School where he excelled in football and basketball, and remained...
Sherry Settles Middleton
Jan 7, 2023
Sherry Settles Middleton, 71, of Blakely, GA, died January 7, 2023 at her residence. A private family committal service will be held Monday, January 9, 2023 at Pine Lawn Cemetery with memorial services to be held at 11:00 am at the First Baptist Church of Blakely. Rev. Lyle Brackin will officiate. A visitation will follow the memorial service in the sanctuary.
Sherry was...
Robert Stone
Jan 6, 2023
Robert Edwards Stone, Sr., 94, of Albany, GA passed away Friday, January 6, 2023 at the Phoenix of Albany due to complications from COVID. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Mr. Stone served with the US Army during the Korean War and then began a career with Colonial Stores. He started his career in the...
