Obituaries
Martha Elizabeth "Betty" Johnson
Sep 29, 2022
Martha Elizabeth “Betty” Johnson, 78, of Leesburg, GA, died September 29, 2022 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday, October 3, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church. Rev. Mark Spraggins will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
Betty was born on July 15, 1944 in Americus, GA to James and Martha Cooper. She...
Margaret Gibson DeMott
Sep 28, 2022
Margaret Gibson DeMott, 94, of Leesburg, GA passed away September 28, 2022 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jonathan LaBarge will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. in Ft. Perry Baptist Church Cemetery, Marion Co., GA.
Born in Buena Vista, GA, Mrs....
Eugene Cleveland Alred
Sep 26, 2022
Eugene Cleveland Alred, 86, of Leesburg, GA passed away, Monday, September 26, 2022 at Savannah Court of Camilla in Camilla, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, September 30, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
Born March 25, 1936 in Doerun, GA to the late Homer Cleveland Alred and Lois Whittington...
Henry C. Aldridge, Jr.
Sep 24, 2022
Henry C. Aldridge, Jr., 76, of Lee County, GA, died September 24, 2022 at the Willson Hospice House. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Henry was born at home in Mersham, GA on July 20, 1946 to Henry and Juanita Aldridge, Sr. He moved with his family to Albany, GA when he was in the...
Gordon Charles Lent
Sep 24, 2022
Gordon Charles Lent, 76, of Dawson, GA, passed away September 24, 2022 at his residence. Memorial service will be conducted Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 12:00 noon at Mathews Funeral Home. An Inurnment will follow to Andersonville National Cemetery with Military Honors. Rev. Dwight Dunn will officiate.
Gordon was born in Brooklyn, NY on August 7, 1946, and raised in...
Leonie Pauline Reichel Hamlin
Sep 22, 2022
Leonie Reichel "Sue" (Luther) Hamlin, 95, of Leesburg, died Thursday, September 22, 2022 at The Phoenix of Albany. A private family service will be held at a later date.A native of Germany, Mrs. Hamlin had lived in the United States most of her life. She along with her first husband, Clinton Luther, moved to Albany in 1963. She went to work at MCLB...
Joe Coxwell
Sep 22, 2022
Joseph F. “Joe” Coxwell, 74, of Terrell County, GA, died September 22, 2022 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 pm at Bronwood Baptist Church. Rev. Jeff Carter will officiate. A private family interment will follow in Macedonia Cemetery.
Mr. Coxwell was born in Dawson, GA on December 26, 1947 to Jack and Bertha...
Berry Vandeboe
Sep 22, 2022
Berry Wayne Vandeboe, 68, of Lee County, died Thursday, September 22, 2022 at his home.
A memorial service will be held at Saturday, October 1, 2022, at 4:00 PM at River Pointe Golf Club.
Born Des Moines, Iowa, Mr. Vandeboe was retired from Proctor and Gamble.
Survivors include his wife Ramona Vandeboe, son Ramon Reneker, daughter, Katrina Ferguson, grandson,...
John "Tim" Timothy Matthews
Sep 21, 2022
John “Tim” Timothy Matthews, 72, of Weston, GA, died Wednesday, September 22, 2022 at Willson Hospice House. A memorial service will be held Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Shellman Wesleyan Church. Mr. Richard Williams will officiate.
A native of Bowdon, GA, Tim has been residing in Weston for the past 29 years. He is retired from...
Charles Richard "Ricky" Dietzel
Sep 20, 2022
Charles Richard “Ricky” Dietzel, 53, of Albany, GA, passed away September 20, 2022, at his residence. Funeral Services honoring his life will be conducted on Friday, September 23, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens.
Born in Logan, Ohio in January 29, 1969 to the late...
Pamela S. Thompson
Sep 19, 2022
Pamela Shepherd Thompson, 67, of Albany, GA, died September 19, 2022 at her residence. No services will be held at this time.
Pamela was born in Albany, GA on September 27, 1954 to the late James and Geraldine Shepherd. Her family lived in California for a short time, but she was raised in Albany and graduated from Albany...
Kristan Rebekkah Andrews
Sep 17, 2022
Kristan Rebekkah Andrews, age 33, of Albany, Georgia passed away September 17, 2022 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church Acree, 4405 Sylvester Road, Albany, GA 31705. The family will receive friends and family following the service. Rev. Tim Bass will officiate the...
Billie Bruce Jones, Jr.
Sep 16, 2022
Billie Bruce Jones, Jr. 85, of Albany, died Friday, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. His funeral service will be at 2 PM, Wednesday, September 21, 2022 in the Walden Chapel at First United Methodist Church with interment to follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Laurel Griffith will officiate. The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:00 P.M. in Walden Chapel at First United...
Jerry Seymour
Sep 15, 2022
Jerry Fletcher Seymour, 82, of Bronwood, GA, went to be with his Heavenly Father on September 15, 2022. A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 11:00 am at Albany Bible Church. Rev. Pete Daughtry will officiate.
Jerry Fletcher Seymour was born December 23, 1939. He was the eldest of seven children. His family relocated from...
Richard Edward Stanteiski
Sep 14, 2022
Richard Stanteiski, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends and family on Saturday, September 24, 2022, from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at 2506 Foxridge Drive, Albany, GA 31721.
Rick was born in Woonsocket, RI on November 22, 1967. He was raised in Sylvester and attended Worth County High...
Dollie Darlene Crowe
Sep 14, 2022
Dollie Darlene Carr Crowe, 61, of Pike Road, AL passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at Baptist Medical South in Montgomery, AL. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Travelers Rest Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Keith Smith will officiate.
Mrs. Crowe was born in Albany, GA and attended the Dougherty...
Johnny Draper
Sep 14, 2022
Johnny Draper, 58, of Lee County died Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at his residence.
A memorial service will be held 4:00 PM, Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at Mathews Funeral Home.
Johnny was born in Seoul, South Korea. He moved to the United States in 1971. He was raised in Lee County and attended Lee County High School. He started his...
Roselee Alice Armstrong Ott
Sep 12, 2022
Roselee Armstrong Ott, 92, of Albany died, Monday, September 12, 2022 at home surrounded by family.
Born in Savannah, Mrs. Ott had lived in Albany since 1953. She was a homemaker and liked to read books, watch her soap operas, and take care of the neighborhood children.
She is survived by her children, Charles Joseph Ott, Jr....
Wayne Tyrone Raper, Sr.
Sep 12, 2022
Wayne Tyrone Raper, Sr., 75, of Lee Co., GA passed away Monday, September 12, 2022 at his residence. Graveside Funeral services will be conducted Friday, September 16, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Swearingen Family Cemetery, Byromville, GA. Mr. John Pasto and Mr. Jimmy Lockerman will officiate.
Wayne was born in Byromville, GA and was a graduate of Vienna...
Dr. Thomas McCall (Mack) Allen, MD
Sep 10, 2022
Dr. Thomas McCall (Mack) Allen, MD., 86, of Dawson, GA, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2022 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be conducted Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Dawson United Methodist Church. Rev. Allen Carmichael will officiate.
Born June 14, 1936 in Arlington, GA Dr. Allen was a graduate of Morgan High School...
