Obituaries
Robert Leonard Stevens
Dec 10, 2021
Robert L. “Bobby” Stevens, 77, of Albany, died Friday, December 10, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. His funeral service will be 3:00 PM, Monday, December 13, 2021 at Mathews Funeral Home with interment to follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Jeff Wood will officiate. Born in Edison, Bobby lived most of his life in Albany and was retired from...
Amelia James Morrow
Dec 10, 2021
Amelia James Morrow, infant daughter of Rev. Jim & Amanda Morrow, having passed before her birth, was delivered into the arms of God on December 10, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA. A private family service will be held at a time to be determined.
She is survived by her parents, Rev. Jim & Amanda Morrow; her...
Cheryl Joy Halte
Dec 10, 2021
Cheryl Joy Halte, 75, of Albany, GA passed away, Friday, December 10, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
Melvin Wayne Eubanks
Dec 8, 2021
Melvin Wayne Eubanks, 48, of Leesburg, GA., died Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jimmy Eubanks will officiate.
A native and life long resident of Leesburg, GA., Melvin was a pump repairman with his father’s business, Neal Eubanks Well Pump Repair. He...
Arcie William "A.W" Holton, Jr.
Dec 8, 2021
Arcie William “A.W.” Holton, Jr. 96, of Albany, GA., died Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 13, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Grady Morey will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Masonic rites will be conducted by the Tri County Memorial Club, Military Honors will...
Bobby Dewey Nation
Dec 8, 2021
Bobby Dewey Nation, 85, of Terrell Co., GA passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at Phoebe Sumter Hospital. Memorial services will be held Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Chickasawhatchee Baptist Church. Rev. Emil Askew will officiate.
Mr. Nation was born in Omega, GA., to the late Dewey and Bessie Nation. He went to Omega High School, and...
Kay Rycroft Akridge
Dec 7, 2021
Kay Rycroft Akridge, 74, of Lake Blackshear, GA, died December 7, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Purnell and Rev. Rick Hamilton will officiate. Interment will follow in the Warwick United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Kay was born on August 15, 1947 to Dorothy and...
Terry Walter Hubbard, Sr.
Dec 7, 2021
Mr. Terry Walter Hubbard, Sr. 66 of Whitesburg, GA. died Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at Tanner Health Systems in Carrolton, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Marion Sizemore will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.
Mr. Hubbard was born...
Yvonnie S. Brooks
Dec 6, 2021
Yvonnie S. Brooks, 75, of Albany, GA died Monday, December 6, 2021 at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Mars Hill Cemetery in Edison, GA. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Born in Cross City, FL to Foy and Myrtle Smith,...
Lynn Chandler Lane
Dec 5, 2021
Lynn Chandler Lane, 58, of Albany, Ga., passed away on December 5, 2021, after an extended stay at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 2:00 pm at Matthews Funeral Home on Gillionville Road. Rev. Chuck Knight will officiate. Lynn was born in Blakely, GA on July 1, 1963, to...
Fleta Ruth Carr Hatcher
Dec 5, 2021
Fleta Ruth Carr Hatcher, 90, of Gibson, GA formerly of Albany, GA passed away Sunday, December 5, 2021 at Gibson Health and Rehabilitation. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 10, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Douglas Hatcher will officiate.
Mrs. Hatcher began her life in Mitchell Co., GA. Her siblings welcomed her to...
Thomas Lucius "Tommy" Collins
Dec 4, 2021
Mr. Thomas Lucius “Tommy” Collins, 63 of Leesburg, GA. died Saturday, December 4, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
Mr. Collins was born February 24, 1958 in Mitchell County, GA, son of the late Marvin Eugene Collins and Jeanette H. Collins. He was retired from Proctor and...
Walter Woodrow Mainor
Dec 4, 2021
Walter Woodrow Mainor, 75, of Lee Co., GA passed away Saturday, December 4, 2021 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 2:00 PM at Mt. Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery, Randolph Co., GA. Rev. Roger Moree will officiate.
Born in Carnegie, Randolph Co., GA, Mr. Mainor moved to Albany, GA in 1969. He was...
Judy Charlene Herrin
Dec 4, 2021
Judy Torbert Herrin, 72, of Albany, GA, died December 4, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 12:00 PM at Andersonville National Cemetery. Rev. Josh Duckworth will officiate.
Judy was born on February 23, 1949 to Leon and Irma Torbert in Atlanta, GA. She grew up in Atlanta, GA and...
Allen Woodrow Ginder, Jr.
Dec 4, 2021
Allen Woodrow Ginder, Jr. was born on October 27, 1943 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Colonel Allen W. Ginder, Sr. and Ruth Paulsen Ginder. He passed away on Saturday, December 4, 2021 in his home (Albany, Georgia) surrounded by his beloved children at the age of 78. Allen loved spending precious time with his family; something he was committed to...
Herbert Nelson Rushton III
Dec 3, 2021
Herbert Nelson Rushton, III, 74, of Albany, GA, died December 3, 2021 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 11:00 am at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Rev. Sam Henderson and Dr. Biff Coker will officiate. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 10:00 am until 11:00 am at social hall of the church.
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Ida Lorene Hoffman
Dec 2, 2021
Ida Lorene Cooper Hoffman, 87, of Albany, GA, died December 2, 2021 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 6, 2021 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Sam Henderson will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Hoffman was born in Lowndes County, GA to Colvin Eugene and Flossie Cooper on July 2,...
Carolyn Christine Roberts
Nov 30, 2021
Carolyn Christine Temples Roberts, 72, of Albany, GA, died November 30, 2021 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday December 6, 2021 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Johnny Nixon will officiate. Interment will follow at 1:00 pm at Crossroads Cemetery in Damascus, GA
Mrs. Roberts was born at home on August 6. 1949 in...
John Wayne Earley
Nov 30, 2021
John Wayne Earley, 65 of Albany, died Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at his residence.
A memorial service will be held 5:00 PM, Saturday, December 18, 2021 at First Baptist Church of Putney. Born in Valdosta, Wayne had lived most of his life in the Albany area. He was retired from Flowers Bakery. He was a member of First Baptist Church...
Madge Mobley Wilson
Nov 29, 2021
Madge Mobley Wilson, 94, of Parrott, GA, formerly of Moultrie, GA, died Monday, November 29, 2021 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 10:00 AM at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church of Albany, GA. Rev. James Bullion will officiate; interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Wilson was born in Moultrie on February...
