Obituaries
Phillip William "Bill" Turnipseed
May 8, 2022
Phillip William “Bill” Turnipseed, 83, of Albany, GA, died May 8, 2022 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 14, 2022 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Lee Smith will officiate.
Bill was born in Atlanta, GA to Phillip and Ruth Turnipseed on January 25, 1939. He grew up in Atlanta and graduated from Sylvan Hills High School. Bill continued...
Michael "Pedro" Edward Egler II
May 7, 2022
Michael “Pedro” Edward Egler, II, 48 of Leesburg, GA., passed away Saturday, May 7, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A Memory Celebration will be held Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 2:00 PM at 322 Sportsman Club Road, Leesburg, GA 31763. We ask that you bring photos and memories at that time.
Mr. Egler was born June 23, 1973, son of...
Wayne Jerome Corley
May 7, 2022
Wayne Jerome Corley, 56, of Lee County, GA, died May 7, 2022 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 3:00 pm at the Leesburg City Cemetery. Ross Powell will officiate.
Wayne was born on December 21, 1965 in Albany, GA to Ben and Fannie Corley and grew up in Lee County. He...
Mary Ann Ayotte
May 7, 2022
Mary Ayotte was called home by our Lord on Saturday, May 7, 2022, she passed peacefully to join her husband Henry, family, and friends in heaven. Funeral mass will be held on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. Rev. Ray Levreault will officiate. Interment to follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mary was from a...
Michael "Pedro" Edward Egler, II
May 7, 2022
Michael “Pedro” Edward Egler, II, 48 of Leesburg, GA., passed away Saturday, May 7, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A Memory Celebration will be held at a later date. We ask that you bring photos and memories at that time.
Mr. Egler was born June 23, 1973, son of Mary Faulkner Egler and the late Michael Edward Egler, I. He was a heavy equipment operator....
Emily Johnson Haslam
May 5, 2022
Emily Johnson Haslam, 64, of Albany, GA, died May 5, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 2 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Anna Miller will officiate.
Emily was born on August 2, 1957 in Douglas, GA to Rufus Cliff Johnson, Jr. and Jean Roberts Johnson. She grew...
Catherine B. Smith
May 5, 2022
Catherine B. Smith, 88, of Albany, GA passed away, Thursday, May 5, 2022 at Emory St. Joseph's Hospital, Atlanta, GA. Funeral services will be held Friday, May13, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
She was preceded in death by her husband Ken Smith, parents, Thomas Barksdale and Ila Lee Staines Barksdale,...
Gloria Ann Hughes
May 5, 2022
Gloria Ann Hughes, 80, of Lee County, GA, died May 5, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will hold memorial services on Thursday, May 12th at 2:00 pm at First Baptist Church of Putney.
Mrs. Hughes was born on October 1, 1941 in Leslie, GA to Johnny and Kathleen Dean. She graduated from Leslie High School and...
Joyce Avery Brooks
May 5, 2022
Albany, GA - Joyce Avery Brooks, 90, died at her home May 5, 2022. She was born April 23, 1932, in Decatur County, Georgia, to Billy and Effie Clenney Avery.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Haywood Brooks, and granddaughter, Heather Lauren Griffin. She is survived by two daughters, Karen Cox and Charlotte Hazen (Kevin); three grandchildren, Kristen...
Joseph "Joe" David Sams
May 4, 2022
Joseph David Sams, 68, of Dawson, died Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. His memorial service will be held Friday, May 6, 2022 at 3:00 PM at the Bronwood Baptist Church. Reverend Tommy McDonald will officiate.
Joe was the son of James Wesley “Bud” and Wynelle Sams of Canton, Georgia. He graduated from Cherokee County High School...
James H. "Buddy" Rentz
May 4, 2022
On May 4, 2022, James H., “Buddy”, Rentz, transferred his membership from Christ United Methodist Church in Albany, GA to his eternal membership in heaven. He died at the age of 79 after a brief time in Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Buddy was born December 29, 1942 in Bainbridge, GA, to Joe Brown and Johnnie Rentz and was the...
James Howard (Buddy) Rentz
May 4, 2022
On May 4, 2022, James H., “Buddy”, Rentz, transferred his membership from Christ United Methodist Church in Albany, GA to his eternal membership in heaven. He died at the age of 79 after a brief time in Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Buddy was born December 29, 1942 in Bainbridge, GA, to Joe Brown and Johnnie Rentz and was the youngest...
Penny Sue Collins
May 3, 2022
Penny Sue Collins, 71, of Baconton, GA passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Baconton Baptist Church.
Mrs. Collins baked the best chocolate chip cookies, she loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, she was an avid reader, loved her church, the old hymns that were...
Diana Kay Millard
May 2, 2022
Diana Kay Millard, 70 of Albany, GA. Died Monday, May 2, 2022 at her residence. A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.
Mrs. Millard was born July 14, 1951 in Indianapolis, IN, daughter of the late Robert Clyde Hale and Ruby Ilene Madden Wyatt. She was a bookkeeper and...
Margie Nell Brumbley
May 2, 2022
Margie Nell Brumbley, 73, of Newton, GA, died May 2, 2022 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 11:00 AM at the First Pentecostal Church of God. Pastor Kenneth Thompson will officiate. Interment will follow in the Pebble City Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Brumbley was born on February 28, 1949 in Thomasville, GA...
Sue Jarvis Taylor
May 1, 2022
Sue Jarvis Taylor, 95, of Albany, GA died Sunday, May 1, 2022 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. Family will hold memorial service at Floral Memory Gardens on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 1:00PM.
Survivors include her children, Larry Bentley (Sylvia), Albany, GA, Barbara Joe (Jodi) Hobby (Dwight), Ashburn, GA, four grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Thomas Adrian Durfee
May 1, 2022
Thomas Adrian Durfee, passed away on Sunday, May 1, 2022 at Pelham Parkway Nursing Home. He was 78 years old. He will be interred at Andersonville National Cemetery with Military Honors. Exact date has not been determined at this point.
Thomas was born on November 10, 1943 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin to Webster A. Durfee and Eunice Rouse Durfee....
Carolyn Patterson Duke
Apr 29, 2022
Carolyn Patterson Duke, 85, of Albany, died Friday, April 29, 2022 at her residence.
Her funeral service will be held Tuesday 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. David Rogers will officiate.
Born in Ideal, GA, Mrs. Duke moved to Smithville in 1952 when she married her late husband Buford Duke and shortly thereafter moved to Albany. She was a...
William John "Butch" Kinsaul, Jr.
Apr 28, 2022
William J. “Butch” Kinsaul, Jr., 72, of Lee County, GA died April 28, 2022 at his residence surrounded by family and friends. Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 2:00 pm at the First Baptist Church of Albany. Dr. William E. “Butch” Knight will officiate. A committal service will follow at 6:00 pm at Hillcrest Cemetery in...
Emma Loraine Land
Apr 28, 2022
Emma Loraine Land, born September 14, 1925, died peacefully at home with loved ones surrounding her on Thursday, April 28, 2022.
Loraine was born in Athens GA. to Clifton and Emma Cole. She spent her childhood days in Scotland and McCrae, GA. In 1946, she married Cecil W. Land and raised 4 wonderful children who were the light of her...
