Obituaries
Alverna Davis Fender
Jul 14, 2022
Alverna Davis Fender, 79, of Albany went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, July 14, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Services honoring Mrs. Fender’s life will be held at Lakeside Baptist Church of Albany, Sunday July 17, at 3:00 PM with Pastor Andrew Kornegay officiating. Interment to follow in...
Cherry Lynn Washingtion Porta
Jul 12, 2022
Cherry Lynn Washington Porta, of Jacksonville, FL, formerly of Albany died July 12, 2022 at her residence.
Her funeral service will be Monday 12:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Floral Memory Gardens. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Born in Camilla, November 30, 1956 and moved to Albany in 1959 where she grew up and attended school. Cherry...
David Russell Anderson, Sr.
Jul 11, 2022
David R. Anderson, Sr., 67, of Albany, GA, died July 11, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No public funeral services will be held at this time.
David was born on March 21, 1955 to Russell and Ruby Jean Anderson in Albany, GA. He lived in Albany all of his life and graduated from Westover High School in 1973. ...
Clara Nance Ransom
Jul 10, 2022
Clara Faye Nance Ransom, 82, of Albany, GA passed peacefully at her home with her family Sunday, July 10, 2022. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Al Lewis will officiate.
Born in Peachland, NC on August 26, 1939, Clara was the fourth of six children. Clara...
Carol (Mickey Griffin) West
Jul 9, 2022
Carol (Mickey Griffin) West, 79, of Cobb, GA passed away, Saturday, July 9, 2022 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, July 15, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Lake Blackshear Baptist Church, 650 S. Coney Rd., Cordele, GA. Pastor Phil Streetman will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
Carol West my precious mama, wife, grandmama, great-grandmother,...
Travis Tyler Bowles
Jul 8, 2022
Travis Tyler Bowles, 30, of Dawson, GA passed away Friday, July 8, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Dale Hodges will officiate.
Born in Albany, GA, Travis enjoyed the outdoors, either fishing or hunting, being involved with bird dog training, guiding hunts...
James Michael Arthur
Jul 7, 2022
James Michael Arthur, 70, of Albany passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2022, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held at the chapel of Mathews Funeral Home, on Friday, July 15, 2022, at 11:00 am. Pastor Calvin King will lead the celebration with storytelling by friends Tom Gilpin, Clay Smallwood, Ray Phillips and...
Edwina Evans Harris
Jul 5, 2022
Frances Edwina Evans Harris, 76, formerly of Albany, died Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman.
Her graveside service will be 11:00 AM, Friday, July 8, 2022 at Riverside Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Born and raised in Albany, Mrs. Harris was retired RN working at Palmyra Park. She was a member of Amazing Grace Baptist...
Ralph Earl McKnight
Jul 4, 2022
Ralph Earl McKnight, Sr., 73, of Leslie, GA died Monday, July 4, 2022 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. No public services will be held at this time.
Born in Blakely, GA to Woodie and Ethel Mae McKnight, Ralph grew up in Albany, graduating from Albany High School. He was employed with the Albany Fire Department for...
Christopher Wiggins
Jul 4, 2022
Christopher Wiggins, 44, of Albany, died Monday, July 4, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Born on December 23, 1977 and raised in Albany, Christopher had worked at MCLB with the IT Department.
He was preceded in death by his father, Charles Wiggins, Sr.
Survivors include his mother, Helen Wilson...
Chelsea Louise (Mitchell) Ligget
Jul 4, 2022
Chelsea L. Ligget, 29, passed away unexpectedly on July 4th, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and was welcomed with wide open arms of her desperately missed mother and Jesus. Visitation will be held on Friday, July 8th 2:30-3:30pm with funeral following at 4:00pm at The Church At The Groves, 130 McIntosh Farms Road, Leesburg, GA 31763.
Chelsea Ligget was...
John Howard "Jack" Carnes
Jul 3, 2022
John Howard (Jack) Carnes, 76, of Albany, GA, died July 3, 2022 at his residence. Companion graveside funeral services for Jack and Lynn Hyman will be held Wednesday at 11:00 am at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Josh and Brynn Copron will officiate.
Jack was born in Atlanta, GA on August 28, 1945 to John H. and Clifford Carnes,...
Jonathan David Rowland
Jul 3, 2022
Jonathan David Rowland, 26, of Albany, GA, died July 3, 2022 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 7, 2022 at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Reverend Josh Duckworth will officiate.
Jonathan was born in Albany, GA on June 15, 1996 with hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy, seizures, and visual impairment. He lived in Albany all...
Mark W. Brown
Jun 29, 2022
Mark Wilson Brown, 61, of Albany, died Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at his residence.
His memorial service will be 6:00 PM Wednesday, July 13 2022 at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Charles E. Brown, Mr. Sam Shugart and Mr. Sonny Brown will officiate.
Though he never served in the military, all of his friends lovingly called him “Captain”. He professed his...
Dewey (DJ) Justin Perrett
Jun 28, 2022
Dewey (DJ) Justin Perrett, 30, of Albany, died Monday, June 28, 2022 at his residence.
A visitation will be held Saturday, July 9, 2022 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Merry Acres, 1500 Dawson Rd.
DJ was a loving and very unique man who loved his family and friends with every bit of his being. Especially his daughter Marley. He...
Joyce Sims Detherage Chastain
Jun 28, 2022
Joyce Sims Detherage Chastain passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at Evergreen Assisted Living in Albany, GA. Private graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, July 2, 2022 at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Mark Jackson will officiate.
Mrs. Chastain was born in Albany, GA on February 25, 1926 to James L. Sims and Mary Gilmer Sims. She...
Lester Taylor Harrison
Jun 28, 2022
Lester Taylor Harrison, Sr.,86, of Albany, GA, died June 28, 2022 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Friday at 11:00 am at The First United Methodist Church of Albany. Rev. Jim Morrow and Pastor Laurel Griffith will officiate.
Mr. Harrison was born on April 13, 1936 in Bainbridge, GA to Oscar and Mamie Harrison. He moved to Albany,...
Donald Franklin "Frank" Norman
Jun 26, 2022
The graveside funeral service of Donald Franklin (Frank) Norman, 82, of Leesburg, GA who passed away Sunday, June 26, 2022 at his residence will be conducted Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Dawson, GA. Mr. Bo Norman will officiate.
Born in Cairo, GA, Mr. Norman was a truck driver and rancher most all of...
James E. Crosby
Jun 23, 2022
James E. Crosby, 71, of Albany, GA, died June 23, 2022 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jake Williams will officiate. His cremains will be interred on his family’s lot in Zion Grove Cemetery.
James was born on February 12, 1951 in Moultrie, GA to Willie...
Janice Annette Barrow
Jun 22, 2022
Janice Annette Walls Barrow, 59, of Leslie, Ga passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at her sister’s home in Dawson, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Philema Road Baptist Church. Rev. Aaron McCulley will officiate. Interment will follow in Leslie City Cemetery.
Born in Americus, GA, Janice was raised in Lee...
