Obituaries
Ruwis Harvey Sapp
Jun 22, 2024
Ruwis Harvey Sapp, 74, of Warwick, GA passed away on Saturday, June 22, 2024. Memorial services will be held Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home in Albany, GA. Pastor Kenney Miller will officiate.
Ruwis was born on October 6, 1949 in Millen, GA. He attended Jenkins County High School in Millen, GA and graduated in 1967....
Derrell Lewis Friar
Jun 22, 2024
Derrell Lewis Friar, 76, of Albany, GA., died Saturday, June 22, 2024 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mitch Friar and Rev. Justin Friar will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery. His grandsons, Justin Friar, Andy Friar, Jonathan Friar, Timothy Friar, Will...
Debra Ann May
Jun 21, 2024
Debra Ann May, of Albany, Georgia, passed away peacefully on June 21, 2024, at the age of 65. She was born on April 27, 1959, to her loving parents Hugh and Mavis May on Johnson Air Force Base in Japan. Debra moved to Albany as a teenager and lived out the rest of her life there.
Debra is survived by her...
John Lawrence Boyer
Jun 21, 2024
John Lawrence Boyer, 76, of Baker County, GA, died June 21, 2024 at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, GA. Funeral services will be held Monday, June 24, 2024 at Live Oak Freewill Baptist Church. Marty Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery.
John was born in Albany, GA on July 18, 1947 to John C. and Martha H....
Lawrence "Larry" Harold Valis
Jun 18, 2024
Lawrence "Larry" Harold Valis, 93, of Albany GA, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at Satilla Bluff Senior Care. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 21, 2024 at Mathews Funeral Home at 12:00 pm. Father Raymond Levreault will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 pm at Andersonville National Cemetery with Military Honors.
Larry was born in New York City on...
Daniel Charles Popovich
Jun 18, 2024
Daniel Charles Popovich, 70, of Jensen Beach, FL passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
Survivors include his daughters, Kristina M. Popovich, Jensen Beach, FL, Leanne N. Popovich, Murfreesboro, TN, sister, Katherine Anne Mendenhall (Dr. Charles Mendenhall), Albany, GA, nieces, Katie Mendenhall and Kristen Mendenhall, grandchildren, Kristina - Levi Daniel Redmond, Leanne N....
Miles Wellington
Jun 17, 2024
Miles Wellington, 39, of Leesburg, died Monday, June 17, 2024 at his home.
His memorial service will be 3:00 PM, June 22, 2024 at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Joshua DeLong officiating.
A life long resident of the Albany area. Miles worked in construction specializing in plumbing and framing. He liked to fish listen to music but his favorite thing was being a...
Anthony Glen Thompson
Jun 12, 2024
Anthony Glen Thompson, 57, of Albany, GA, died June 12, 2024 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Monday June 17, 2024 at 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Aaron McCulley will officiate. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until 6:00 pm before the service on Monday.
Glen was born in Albany, GA on...
Hugh Alexander Phelps
Jun 10, 2024
Hugh Alexander Phelps, 77, of Leesburg, GA passed away, Monday, June 10, 2024 at Emory University Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, June 15,2024 at 11:00 am. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Aaron McCulley will officiate.Born in Poulan, GA, Mr. Phelps was retired from Proctor and Gamble and was of the Christian faith. He was preceded in death by...
Jeannette Anh Kimbrel Holland
Jun 9, 2024
Jeannette Anh Kimbrell Holland, 50, of Worth Co., GA passed away, Sunday, June 9, 2024 at Emory University Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, June 17, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Knight will officiate.
Jeannette was born in Phoenix, AZ on November 19, 1973. For a short time, she was an army brat, moving all...
Anne B Henderson
Jun 6, 2024
Anne B. Henderson, aka “Mammaw”, 90, of Albany, GA., died Thursday, June 6, 2024 at Manor Lake Assisted Living in Dawsonville, GA. Graveside services will be Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery, Albany, GA., Elder Clayton Nowell will officiate the service.
Born in Alabama, Mrs. Henderson lived most of her life in Albany, GA, with her...
Betty "The Ice Cream Lady" Cason
Jun 6, 2024
Betty Cason “The Ice Cream Lady”, 87, of Lee County, died Thursday, June 6, 2024 at her residence.
Her memorial service will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, June 8, 2024 at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Glen Robinson and Pastor Don Williams will officiate.
Born in Acworth, GA, Mrs. Cason lived most of her life in Lee County. She retired from the Lee County...
Betty Joyce Bruner
Jun 5, 2024
Betty Joyce Bruner, 90, of Leesburg, GA passed away peacefully at her residence with her daughters by her side, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Celebration of Life services will be held on Saturday, June 22 at 1:00 pm at Philema Road Baptist Church. Rev. Aaron McCulley and Rev. Wesley Bruner will officiate. Visitation will be at 12:00 pm prior to the...
Beverly "Jean" Moore
Jun 5, 2024
Beverly “Jean” Moore, 69, of Leesburg, GA, passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment to follow to Thundering Springs Cemetery. Rev. Larry Harrell will officiate.
Jean was born on Ft. Eisenhower on October 4, 1954. She grew up in Churchill Tennessee...
Minnie "Mickie" Lee Butler Stephenson
Jun 5, 2024
Minnie Lee “Mickie" Butler Stephenson, 91, of Lee Co., peacefully passed away at Willson Hospice House on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, June 10, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Mausoleum.Mickie, as she was fondly called by many, was born on September 28, 1932, in Deep Step...
Margaret Williford Willis
Jun 5, 2024
Margaret Elizabeth (Williford) Willis, 80, of Albany, GA died peacefully June 5, 2024 at Wynnfield Park Health and Rehabilitation.
Her funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at Mathews Funeral Home with interment to follow in Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Jim Eubanks will officiate.
Mrs. Willis was born on January 28, 1944 to John Ewell and Manzonia Louvincie Lovett...
Susan Lynn Giles Tucker
Jun 4, 2024
Susan Lynn Giles Tucker, 69, of Leesburg, GA passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at her residence. Visitation will be Saturday, June 8, 2024 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at 1808 Whisperwood St., Albany, GA, 31721.
Born in Moultrie, GA, Mrs. Tucker was a resident of Albany, GA and Leesburg, GA most all of her life. She was in the...
Theressa Ann Paul
Jun 3, 2024
Theressa Ann Paul, 69, of Leesburg, died Monday, June 3, 2024 at her residence.
A memorial gathering will be held at a later date.
Born in Portland, ME, Mrs. Paul had lived in the Albany area most of her life. She retired from Hibachi Express as the manager. She loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and be with her best friend...
Madge Chastain Hester
Jun 2, 2024
Madge Chastain Hester passed at her Albany home on June 2, 2024, after a long and terrible battle with vascular dementia. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Madge was born in Cairo, Georgia, to Mack and Madge (LeGette) Chastain in 1952. While...
Delmar G. "Del" McDaniel
Jun 1, 2024
Delmar G. “Del” McDaniel,73, of Warwick, GA died June 1, 2024 at his residence.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 2:00 pm at Pine Bluff Baptist Church. Rev. Bruce Smith and Rev. Jeffery Paul Pritchard will officiate. Interment will follow in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery with Military Honors.
Del was born in Chicago, IL on April 9, 1951,...
