Obituaries
Ophelia Ham Paul McCanless
Mar 15, 2022
Ophelia Ham Paul McCanless, 87, of Morgan, GA., died Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at New Light Free Will Baptist Church. The Honorable Bob Cullifer and Mr. Bobby Paul will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Mrs. McCanless was born in Henry County...
Joseph " Joey" Lee Casey
Mar 14, 2022
Joseph “Joey” Lee Casey, 48 of Albany, GA, Died March 14, 2022. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Private interment will be in Leesburg Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at the funeral home.Mr. Casey was born August 22, 1973, son of Ruby...
Joy Parker Pollock
Mar 14, 2022
Joy Belle Pollock, 88, of Ringgold, formerly of Leesburg, died Monday, March 14, 2022.
Her funeral service will be 2 PM, Friday, March 18, 2022 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Gerry Dorre will officiate.
A native of Perry, FL, Mrs. Pollock graduated from Pensacola High School in 1952. She had resided in Lee County since 1954 and was a retired...
Marjorie Ann Cox
Mar 14, 2022
Marjorie Ann Cox, 82, of Albany, GA, died March 14, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:00 am at Andersonville National Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Mrs. Cox was born in Blakely, GA on October 13, 1939 to Henry and Myrna Reno. She grew up in Albany, GA...
Elizabeth E. Nichols
Mar 13, 2022
Elizabeth E. Nichols, 94, of Albany, GA, passed away peacefully at Fountainview Center for Alzheimer’s Disease on Sunday, March 13, 2022. A celebration of life for family and friends will be held on March 26, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.
Elizabeth was born on March 31, 1927 to Walter C. Embry and Fannie C. Pierce Embry in...
John Henderson Siler
Mar 10, 2022
John Henderson Siler, the second son of J.B and Ann Ghormley Siler passed away Thursday March, 10 2022.
John was a 1965 graduate of Waynesville Township High School. Four short years later, in 1969, John graduated from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill with a degree in Mass Media. He later went on to receive two Masters degrees...
Leonard Jeffers Doyal
Mar 10, 2022
Leonard Jeffers Doyal, Jr. died Thursday, March 10, 2022 at Magnolia Manor in Americus, GA. There will be no public funeral services held at this time.
Born in Atlanta, GA to Leonard Jeffers Doyal, Sr. and Mabel M Duncan Doyal, Leonard was a graduate of Albany High School and attended Georgia South Western College. Leonard was a member of the...
Ronald "Ron" Wilbur Nunneley
Mar 10, 2022
Ronald Wilbur “Ron” Nunneley, 89 passed away March 10, 2022 at Wilson Hospice House. A small memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, March 20, 2022 at First Baptist Albany, in the Prayer Garden. He will be buried in Tulsa, Oklahoma in April.Mr. Nunneley was born in Tulsa, OK Sept. 17, 1932. He lived there until moving to...
John Henderson Siler
Mar 10, 2022
John Henderson Siler, 74 of Albany, GA Died March 10, 2022. Funeral Arrangements to be announced.
Brenda Kay Bryant
Mar 10, 2022
Brenda Kay Willis Bryant, age 74, of Albany, Georgia, passed away at her residence on Thursday, March 10, 2022, from complications due to Alzheimer’s Disease. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 14, 2022 at 2:00 pm at First Baptist Church of Albany. Dr. William E. “Butch” Knight will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens.
Brenda was...
Wayne Cleveland Cox
Mar 10, 2022
Wayne Cleveland Cox, 63, of Albany, GA passed away Thursday, March 10, 2022 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, March 14, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Danny Evans will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Cox was born and resided in Albany, GA where he graduated from Dougherty High...
Conrad Francis Dauphinais, Sr.
Mar 10, 2022
Conrad Francis Dauphinais, Sr. (HM1, USN Retired), 87, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, March 10, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Raymond Levreault will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 pm in Andersonville National Cemetery with Military Honors.
Mr. Dauphinais was born...
Harry Daniel (Danny) Phillips
Mar 9, 2022
Harry Daniel (Danny) Phillips, 58, of Leesburg, GA passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Donnie Duncan.
Born in Bainbridge, GA, Danny attended the Miller County Schools. He was employed with Edenfield Farms and was of the Christian faith. He was preceded in...
Victoria Lynn Stephens
Mar 9, 2022
Victoria Lynn “Vicky” Stephens passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022, with her family at her side. Vicky was valiant throughout her 11-year long fight against Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer, never complaining and keeping a positive attitude.
Vicky is the daughter of the late Gene and Rayburn Wallace. Born September 6, 1953, in Detroit, Michigan. Her family soon after relocated to...
William Reginald Presley
Mar 8, 2022
William Reginald Presley passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Reginald (Bill) was born on May 6, 1933 in Thomaston, GA. He was the only child of William Earley Presley and Velma Vernell Brooks Presley.
William Reginald Presley married Dolores Freeman Presley in 1954 after meeting at Gordon Military College. They began their marriage in Atlanta, GA. Reginald joined the Army...
Roderick Jerome Carter, Sr.
Mar 7, 2022
Roderick Jerome “Rod” Carter, Sr., 80, of Edison, GA, died March 7, 2022 at Litebrite Community Hospital in Blakely, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 10:00 am at Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Edison, GA. Pastor Chet Anderson will officiate.
Rod was born in Cairo, GA on October 18, 1941 to Noah and Emily...
Janet Baxley Thomas
Mar 1, 2022
Janet Baxley Thomas, 60, of Albany, was taken from us Tuesday morning, March 1, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Janet Thomas was born in Baxley, GA on October 4th, 1961. She lived most of her life in Albany Ga and was a member of Central Baptist Church. She worked in banking at a few different companies throughout the...
Randy Poole
Mar 1, 2022
Randy Ray Poole, 40, of Sylvester, GA, died Tuesday March 1, 2022 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Sunday March 6, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Wrights Chapel Cemetery in Sumner, GA.
Mr. Poole was Born in Cartersville, GA, and worked in the construction industry as an iron worker. He is preceded in death by his father...
Ruth Elizabeth Gates
Feb 28, 2022
Ruth Elizabeth Gates, 92, of Albany, GA died Monday, February 28, 2022 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Tony Haefs will officiate. The United States Air Force Honor Guard will provide military honors.
Mrs. Gates was born on November 20, 1929 in Rockford, IL...
Shirley Ann Summerlin
Feb 27, 2022
Shirley Ann Summerlin, 83, of Lee County, died Sunday, February 27, 2022 at her home.
Her memorial service will be Wednesday, 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home.
Born in Alabama, Shirley had lived in the Albany area Most of her adult life. She retired from Coats and Clark and the Dougherty School System.
She was preceded in death by her mother...
