Obituaries
Donald McGowan
Mar 22, 2021
Donald Scott McGowan, 62, of Albany, GA died Monday, March 22, 2021 at his residence. A Life Celebration will be held at his home on his birthday, September 23, 2021. Scott was born in Elizabeth City, NC to Roy and Diane McGowan. During his welding career he worked for Addison Steele, CA Brown Construction, Scuff Steele, and retired from Procter...
Diane Davis
Mar 18, 2021
Zelda Diane Pennington Davis, 70, of Lee County, died Thursday, March 18, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Born in Maryville, TN, Mrs. Davis was a longtime resident of Albany. She was the Executive Vice President of Human Resources at Thrush Aircraft. She was preceded in death by her husband...
Bruce Harrell
Mar 8, 2021
Bruce Nay Harrell, 85, of Poulan, GA passed away Monday, March 8, 2021 at his residence. The family will celebrate his life with a private graveside service. Born on the family farm in Whigham, GA which is still in operation today, he graduated from Cairo, GA High School. After graduation he joined the Air Force and returned to Albany, GA where he...
Edna Brackin
Mar 8, 2021
Edna Rebecca (Becky) Brackin, 75, of Albany, GA passed away, Monday, March 8, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Private funeral services will be held Saturday at Mathews Funeral Home. Public graveside services and visitation will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Masks and social distancing will be respected. Born in Oxford, NC,...
Janet Goodyear
Mar 6, 2021
Janet C. Goodyear, 91, of Albany, GA died March 6, 2021 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Walter Hobgood will officiate. Mrs. Goodyear was born in Binghamton, NY on Feb. 7, 1930 to George and Edna Couperthwait. She graduated from Walnut Hill School, Natick, MA and Wells College,...
Randy Todd Truitt
Mar 5, 2021
Randy Todd Truitt, 56, of Albany, GA passed away Friday, March 5, 2021 at Tift Regional Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Monday, March 8, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Philema Road Baptist Church. Rev. Aaron McCulley will officiate. Masks and social distancing will be respected. Born in Atlanta, GA, Mr. Truitt graduated from Westover High School, worked for Fed-EX. He...
Bobby Wombles
Mar 3, 2021
Bobby Joe Wombles, 70, of Albany, died Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Per Mr. Wombles wishes he has been cremated and the family will have a private service.
James "Bill" Miller
Mar 2, 2021
James William “Bill” Miller, 75, of Lee County, GA, died March 2, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Bill was born on October 22, 1945 to William Clayton Miller and Mary Ann Prince Miller. The family moved to Albany, GA in...
Gary Dietzel
Feb 28, 2021
Gary S. Dietzel, 58, of Worth Co., GA passed away Sunday, February 28, 2021 at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, GA. Born in Circleville, OH on September 5, 1962 to the parents of Betty Cathern Dietzel and Glen Sells Dietzel Sr. He has regretfully passed away on February 28, 2021 at 58 years of age at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville,...
Linda Spilman
Feb 27, 2021
Linda Ann Spilman, 64, of Dawson, GA, passed away February 27, 2021 at her home on Old Mill Road. A memorial service will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Alan Sanders will officiate. The family will receive friends at their home and no formal visitation will be held. Linda Ann was born on October 18,...
Willie Gurr, Jr.
Feb 25, 2021
Willie Robert Gurr, Jr., age 82 of Madison, died on February 25, 2021. He was at home, surrounded by his family. Graveside memorial service will be conducted on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 11:00 am at Riverside Cemetery in Albany, GA. Rev. William Collins will officiate. Mr. Gurr was a native of Albany, GA, where he lived until moving to Madison...
Kimberly Johnson
Feb 17, 2021
Kimberly Michelle Johnson, 51, of Leesburg, GA passed away February 17, 2021 at Phoebe Putney North Campus. Born in Greenville, SC, Kimberly had lived in Albany, GA before moving to Leesburg. She was a surgical technician and employed with Onesource Urgent Care. Survivors include her children, Jarrett C. Johnson, Albany, GA and Karli Johnson, Leesburg, GA, parents Douglas Don Harmon and Marjorie...
Doris Hines
Feb 15, 2021
Doris Whorton Hines, 87, formerly of Albany, Georgia passed away, Monday, February 15, 2021 in Venice, FL. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Oaknoll Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Rome, GA. Rev. Reginald Campbell will officiate. Born in Rome, GA, Mrs. Hines graduated from West Rome High School and moved to Albany, GA...
Elizabeth Studdard
Feb 14, 2021
Elizabeth Florrie Osborne Studdard, 80, of Americus, GA formerly of Lee County, GA, died February 14, 2021 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3:00 PM at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Mike Whiddon will officiate. Mrs. Studdard was born on April 8, 1940 in Lyons, GA to Boss T. and Kathryn Osborne. She lived in Wilmington, NC...
Robert Granville
Feb 13, 2021
Col. Robert Richey Granville, Jr., M.D. (U.S. Army ret.) died February 13, 2021 of Covid-19 at Crisp Regional Hospital in Cordele, Georgia. Born in New York City on March 3, 1950 to Robert and Jean Dunkle Granville, Rob spent his childhood in the Northeast and Saint Louis. After graduating from Reed College, he earned his medical degree from Oregon Health...
Martha Michele Perez
Feb 13, 2021
Martha Michele Perez, 44, of Albany, GA, died February 13, 2021 at Phoebe North Medical Center. A visitation for family and friends will be held Tuesday February 16, 2021 from 5:30 PM until 6:30 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Martha was born on November 15, 1976 in Hollywood, FL. She had resided in Albany, GA for the past fifteen years...
Robert Dennison
Feb 12, 2021
Robert T. Dennison (MGySgt, USMC, Ret.), 80, of Albany, GA, died February 12, 2021 at his residence. Services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Andersonville National Cemetery with Military Honors. Rev. Ray Levreault will officiate. A native of Lawrence, MA, Mr. Dennison was born on June 9, 1940 to Robert H. and Rosemary A. Dennison. He married his...
Vera Parr
Feb 11, 2021
Vera Denton Parr, 99, died peacefully February 10, 2021 at Insignia Assisted Living in Newnan Georgia. She was born in Dawson, Georgia, and also lived in Brownwood, Sasser, Herod and Albany. She was preceded in death by her husband S.T. “Tommy” Parr and her infant daughter Brenda Francis Parr of Albany; her parents, Ruby Fletcher Denton and John Elwood Denton...
Cora Harris Dasher
Feb 11, 2021
Cora Harris Corbitt Dasher, 91, of Albany, GA passed away, Thursday, February 11, 2021 at Lee Co. Heath and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, February 15, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate. Private family interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Masks and social distancing will be respected. Born in...
Dennis Pyles
Feb 11, 2021
Dennis Jack Pyles, 63, of Albany, GA, died February 11, 2021 at his residence. No services will be held. Dennis was born in Cairo, GA on October 8, 1957 to Jackson Thomas and Margaret Ann Pyles. He grew up in Cairo and was employed with Amoco Fabrics now British Petroleum (B P) Products for many years before his disability. Dennis...
