Obituaries
Whit Gunnels, III
Aug 24, 2022
William Whitfield “Whit” Gunnels, III, 53, of Lee County, died Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at his residence.
His funeral service will be 2:00 PM Saturday, August 27, 2022 at Mathews Funeral Home with a private entombment to follow at Crown Hill Mausoleum. Rev. Chuck Knight will officiate.
A native and life-long resident of the area, Whit was employed for...
Ralph C. Thrower, Jr.
Aug 23, 2022
Ralph C. Thrower, Jr., 93, of Albany, GA, died August 23, 2022 at Jo-Anne Burgin Health and Rehabilitation Center in Cuthbert, GA. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Dalton Scott Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Mr. Thrower was born in Pineville,...
Roy Layfield
Aug 22, 2022
Roy Layfield, 78, of Albany, GA passed away Monday, August 22, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be conducted Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 11:00 am at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Doug Eason will officiate.
Roy was born in Mitchell County on December 10, 1943 to Leonard and Myrtle Layfield and had resided in Putney...
Lonnie O. Newsome
Aug 22, 2022
Lonnie O. Newsome, 91, of Calhoun County, GA, died Monday, August 22, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Private family graveside services will be held Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele, GA.
Mr. Newsome was born July 24, 1931 to Talmadge and Jessie Watson Newsome in Cordele, GA. He graduated from East...
Grady Franklin Burch
Aug 20, 2022
Grady F. Burch, 72, of Camilla, GA passed away Saturday, August 20, 2022 at home with his family by his side. Celebration of life with family and friends will be held Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 1260 Church Road, Camilla, GA, 31730 from 12:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Born in Atlanta, GA, Mr. Burch was a graduate of Moultrie High...
Kyle William Spinks
Aug 20, 2022
Kyle W. Spinks, 38, of Albany, GA, died August 20, 2022 at his residence. A visitation will be held Saturday, August 27, 2022 from 5:00 pm until 6:30 pm at Mathews Funeral Home.
A Celebration of Life will be announced at a later date at the Manor House.
Kyle was born on August 4, 1984 in Brooksville, FL...
Virginia Patton Moss
Aug 18, 2022
Virginia Ann Patton Moss June 25, 1925 - August 18, 2022 Virginia Ann Patton Moss passed peacefully of natural causes on August 18, 2022 in Albany, GA. Memorial services will be held Friday, August 26, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Rev. Sam Henderson and Dr. William A. “Biff” Coker will officiate.
Born on June 25,...
James Carl Short
Aug 15, 2022
James Carl Short, 69, of Albany, GA, died August 15, 2022 at Tattnall Healthcare Center in Reidsville, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 11:00 am at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Charlie Brown will officiate.
Carl was born in Cedartown, GA on September 22, 1952 to Paul and Evelyn Short. He moved...
Gladys "Bunky" Mathis
Aug 13, 2022
Gladys T. “Bunky” Mathis, 93, of Dawson, GA died Saturday, August 13, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Mathis was born in Georgetown, GA on March 2, 1929 to Jessie and Mary Bridges. She moved to Dawson, GA when she was in the...
Willard Eugene "Gene" Pierce
Aug 13, 2022
Willard Eugene “Gene” Pierce, 76, of Albany, Georgia passed away August 13, 2022 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral service will be held Tuesday August 16, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow to Leesburg Cemetery. Charlie Edwards will officiate.
Gene was born on March 3, 1946 in Kinston Alabama to the late Minnie...
Corrine McGiboney Abbott
Aug 13, 2022
Corrine McGiboney Abbott, 95, of Dothan, AL, formerly of Smyrna, GA and Albany, GA died August 13, 2022 at Extendicare Health Center in Dothan. Funeral services will be held Friday, August 19, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. Randy Crowe and Rev. Mark Jackson will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Satoko Matsuno Mason
Aug 11, 2022
Satoko Matsuno Mason, 93, of Albany, GA died Thursday, August 11, 2022 at her home. The family will hold a graveside memorial service Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 2:00 pm at Floral Memorial Gardens.
Satoko was born on April 28, 1929 in Gifu-Kun, Japan to Nobuichi and Mitsuko Matsuno. She retired after thirty years from Cintas Uniform Company...
Gerald Thomas Vititoe, Sr
Aug 10, 2022
Gerald Thomas Vititoe, Sr., 86 of Sasser, died Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
His memorial service will be 2:00 PM Sunday, August 14, 2022 at Mathews Funeral Home.
A native of Ohio, Mr. Vititoe was retired from Keenan Auto Parts after 40 plus years. He was a gifted musician a handyman and was of the Baptist...
Nicholas M. Mazzeo
Aug 8, 2022
Nicholas M. Mazzeo, 87, of Albany, GA passed away Monday, August 8, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia A. Mazzeo, Albany, GA, daughter, Laura A. Johnson (Kenneth E.), Albany, GA, grandson, Steven E. Johnson, Albany, GA, daughter, Mary Tierney,...
Retha Shiver Clark
Aug 8, 2022
Retha Shiver Clark, 95, of Albany, died Monday, August 8, 2022 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation.
Her memorial service will be 11:00 AM, Friday, August 12, 2022 at Mathews Funeral Home.
A native of Baker County, Mrs. Clark had lived in Albany most of her life. She and her late husband, Howard Clark owned and operated Clarks Grocery Store...
Joseph L. "Joe" Dollar
Aug 8, 2022
Joseph L. “Joe” Dollar, 96, of Albany, GA, died August 8, 2022 in Butler, GA. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 3:00 pm at Christ Church of Albany, formerly Christ United Methodist Church. Dr. Paul Luthman, Rev. Tommy Beeland and Dr. Gary Brady will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with Military Honors.
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Leo Roux
Aug 7, 2022
“… and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it …” Ecclesiastes 12:7
LEO ROUX (89) of LEESBURG, GA passed peacefully at the home of his daughter Rita, the morning of Sunday, August 7, 2022.
LEO was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (1932), serving 8 years in the RCAF 1950-58 with assignments in Canada and the United States,...
Curtis B. Adams
Aug 7, 2022
Curtis Benjamin Adams of Bullneck died Sunday, August 7, 2022 at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, AL.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jean Watson will officiate. A private interment will follow.
A native and lifelong resident of Bullneck in Calhoun, Co., GA, Mr....
Mark Timothy Harrell
Aug 6, 2022
Mark Timothy Harrell, 54, of Terrell County, GA, died August 6, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 10:00 am at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Dawson, GA. Terry Crisp will officiate.
Mark was born in Dawson, GA on September 26, 1967 to the late William J. and Sherry...
Rodney James Trace
Aug 3, 2022
Rodney James Trace, 73, of Leesburg, GA, died on August 3, 2022. Memorial service will be held privately with close family and friends at Andersonville National Cemetery.
Rodney was born in Elmira, New York, on June 23, 1949, to his father, John Trace, and mother, Eileen Trace. He was married to Yong Trace at Mount Morris on June 8, 1979. He moved to Albany...
