Obituaries
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...
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...
