Obituaries
Kenneth Wayne Brazel
Dec 22, 2021
EQCM Kenneth Wayne (Red) Brazel, 79, passed away at Carl Vincent Veterans Hospital, Dublin, Georgia on December 22, 2021.
Wayne was born on October 18, 1942 in Edison Georgia. Following graduation from Edison High School in 1960, Wayne joined the Navy. Red's Navy career began with enlistment with the Naval Air Command as a jet mechanic. After a three year...
Grady Claude Stone
Dec 22, 2021
Grady Claude Stone, 71, of Baconton, died Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at his residence.
His graveside funeral service will be 11:00 AM Friday, December 24, 2021 at Travelers Rest Cemetery in Newton, GA. Mr. Roosevelt Robbins will officiate. A native of Sylvester, GA, Mr. Stone was retired from Vanguard Services. He, along with his sons owned S & S Racing,...
Richard Keith Gates
Dec 21, 2021
Richard Keith Gates, 61 of Albany, GA. died Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at his residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.
Mr. Gates was born April 15, 1960 in Elkhorn City, KY, son of the late Royce Richard Gates and Dorothy Jean Amburgey Gates. He previously worked for Short and Paulk Supply Co., where he was a manager...
Jan Daphine Griffin
Dec 20, 2021
Jan Daphine Griffin, 72, of Albany and Baconton, died December 20, 2021 at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 2:00 pm at Baconton Baptist Church. Rev. Chad Boyd will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Jan was born on March 16, 1949 in Albany, GA to Willie and Mildred Griffin....
James L. "Don" Nicholson
Dec 19, 2021
James L. “Don” Nicholson, 83, of Albany died Sunday, December 19, 2021 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. The family will hold a private service with Nicholas Barry and Rev. Debbie Cone officiating.
A native of Albany and part of the Albany High School Class of 1957, Mr. Nicholson was retired from the U. S. Air Force serving during Vietnam....
Cathy Lynn Strickland
Dec 18, 2021
Cathy Lynn Strickland, 54, of Lee County, GA, died December 18, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 11:00 am at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Pastor John Albano will officiate. Interment will follow at the Pelham City Cemetery, Pelham, GA. Cathy was born in Albany, GA on July 5, 1967 and grew...
Emory Steven Kacala
Dec 16, 2021
Emory Steven Kacala, 77, of Sylvester, Georgia, died Thursday, December 16, 2021 at his residence. Family will have a memorial service at a later date.
Born in Clymer, Pennsylvania, September 23, 1944 to the late George and Helen Kacala, he graduated high school from West Tech in Cleveland Ohio in 1963. Mr. Kacala was also preceded in death by...
Mattie Jewell Freeman Harris
Dec 16, 2021
Mattie Jewell Freeman Harris, 91, of Albany, GA, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021, at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday, December 20, 2021, at 11:00 at Kimball Cemetery in Anderson City. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.
Ms. Harris was born in Moultrie, Georgia April 15, 1930. She married Buford E. Harris in 1946...
James Marvin Little
Dec 16, 2021
James Marvin Little, 97, of Albany, GA, died December 16, 2021 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, December 20, 2021 at 2:00 pm at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Mr. Little was born on April 10, 1924 in Albany, GA and attended Albany Public Schools. He was part of the Greatest Generation...
Charles Alvin "Bobby" Renfro
Dec 16, 2021
Charles A. “Bobby” Renfro, 62, of Lee County, GA died December 16, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Sunday at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Bobby was born on November 16, 1959 in Albany, GA to Alvin and Ellareen Renfro. He was employed with Worldwide Equipment Company...
Marty Joiner
Dec 15, 2021
Marty Lamar Joiner, 59, of Lee County, died Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at his home. His memorial service will be 4:00 PM Saturday, December 18, 2021 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Josh Copron will officiate. A native of Dothan, AL, Marty retired form M&M Mars after 38 years. He was active in fitness and spin classes, working in his yard...
Harold Keith Henderson
Dec 15, 2021
Harold Keith Henderson, 91, of Lee County, GA died Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at the Oaks at Oakland Plantation. Memorial services will be conducted Friday, January 7, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Rob Taylor will officiate.
Born in Homerville, GA Mr. Henderson had resided in Albany, GA most all of his life. He was a veteran...
Mark Stewart Hollis
Dec 15, 2021
Mr. Mark Stewart Hollis, 65 of Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at Willson Hospice House in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 20, 2021 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate. A private interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday, December 20, 2021 from...
Robert "Bobby" Eugene Spargo
Dec 15, 2021
Robert “Bobby” Eugene Spargo, Sr. 74, of Leesburg, GA., died Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A private service will be held at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Paul will officiate.
A native and life long resident of Albany, GA., Mr. Spargo was a loom technician at Flint River Textiles. He later went on to become a...
Jacqueline B. "Jackie" Chapman
Dec 14, 2021
Jacqueline B (Jackie) Chapman 83 of Montgomery, AL, formerly of Albany, died Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery, AL. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Daniel Atkins will officiate.
Born in Sylvester, GA, September 29, 1938 to the late Benjamin (Bennie Frank) Brown and Minnie...
Patricia Ann McNeil
Dec 14, 2021
Patricia Ann McNeil, 76, of Lee County, GA, died Dec. 14, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A graveside memorial service will be held Friday at 11:00 am at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. David Pickering will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service at the cemetery.
Patricia was born in Albany, GA at the Base Hospital to...
Nathaniel E. "Nathan" Anderson
Dec 13, 2021
Nathaniel E. “Nathan” Anderson, 34, of Parrott, GA, died Monday, December 13, 2021 at his father’s residence. A visitation will be held Thursday, December 16, 2021 at Mathews Funeral Home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm. A Celebration of Life will be held on December 21, 2021 (Nathan’s birthday) at 2:00 pm at Church at The Groves. Pastor Bud Womack...
James Gerald "Jamie" Chalmers
Dec 12, 2021
James Gerald “Jamie” Chalmers, 27, of Albany, GA died Sunday, December 12, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A Celebration of Life will be held Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. at the Loyal Order of the Moose # 1285 on Philema Road.
Jamie was born in Twentynine Palms, CA and moved with his family to Albany, GA in...
Richard Huey Cochran
Dec 12, 2021
Mr. Richard Huey Cochran, 73, of Dawson GA passed from this life Sunday, December 12, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his loved ones. A memorial will be announced at a later date.
He was born April 5, 1948 in Manila, Arkansas, son of the late John William Cochran and Opal Craft Cochran. Richard spent his career in the...
Carolyn Williford Irvin
Dec 10, 2021
Carolyn Williford Irvin, 76, of Albany, GA passed away Friday, December 10, 2021 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday, December 13, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Malcolm Parker will officiate.
Born in Camilla, GA, Mrs. Irvin had resided in Albany, GA most all of her adult life. She was retired from the...
