Obituaries
Richard Shiver (US ARMY, RET.)
Jan 29, 2021
Richard Lee Shiver (US Army, Ret.), 90, of Albany, GA, passed away January 29, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 4, 2021, at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. His daughter, Pastor Vivian Horne will officiate. Social distancing will be required. Interment will follow in the Seville Cemetery, Seville, GA at 3:00 PM. Mr....
Deborah Frazier
Jan 29, 2021
On Friday, January 29, 2021, Deborah Frazier, loving wife and mother of two children, passed away at age 66. Deborah was born on August 20, 1954 in Franklin, IN to Wayne and Patricia Bennett. She received a bachelors, masters, specialists, and was in the process of completing a PhD in education. She married Joseph Frazier in 1974 and they raised...
Geraldine "Jerry" Hembree
Jan 29, 2021
Geraldine (Jerry) Reid Hembree, 84, of Albany, GA went home to be with her Savior and Lord on January 29, 2021. Graveside funeral services will be conducted on Monday, February 1, 2021 at 11:00 am at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Jerry was born on June 11, 1936 in Tampa, FL. She grew up in Jacksonville, FL...
Douglas Evans
Jan 28, 2021
Douglas Brand Evans, 52 of Albany, died Thursday, January 28, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Doug was raised in Attica, Indiana and graduated from Attica High school, Class of 1986, and was a member of Gillionville Baptist Church. He enjoyed time with his family and enjoyed music and movies of all genres. He was preceded in death by his...
Joy Zolomy
Jan 28, 2021
Joy Morgan Zolomy, 93, of Albany, GA, died January 28, 2021 at Wynfield Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Zolomy was born to Joseph Paul and Ophelia Coffey Morgan in Albany, GA on March 9, 1927. She graduated from Albany High School and was married in 1946 to Eugene Michael Zolomy from New York He was stationed at Turner Field Air...
Emily Whittle Wakefield
Jan 27, 2021
Emily Dekle Whittle Wakefield, 95, of Cordele, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died January 27, 2021 at the Fellowship Home at Cordelia Manor in Cordele, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday 11:00 AM at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Thomasville, GA. Dr. John G. Smith, III will officiate. Social distancing will be required and masks will be provided. ...
Alma "Teddie" Lee
Jan 26, 2021
Alma W. “Teddie” Lee, 85, of Albany, GA, died January 26, 2021 at her residence. A private graveside funeral service for family will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 29, 2021 at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Billy Hanna and Rev. Donnie Burke will officiate. Entombment will follow at the Crown Hill Mausoleum. A native and lifelong resident of Albany,...
Lucette Strickland
Jan 25, 2021
Lucette Rose Strickland, 85, of Columbus, GA, passed away on January 25, 2021 at her daughters’ residence in Albany, GA. In lieu of flowers those desiring may make memorials to the American Cancer Society or a charity of their choice. The immediate family members will hold a small private memorial service honoring her beautiful life. Lucette was born April 29,...
C.T. Harvey
Jan 25, 2021
C.T. Harvey, 70, of Vienna, GA, formerly of Montezuma, GA died January 25, 2021 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Graveside memorial services will be held Friday, January 29, 2021 at 2:00 PM at Riverview Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service. Rev. Jeremy Barrett will officiate. Social distancing will be required and masks will be provided....
Kathryn Ann White
Jan 24, 2021
Kathryn Ann Hobbs White, 91, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2021 at Wynfield Park Nursing Home due to complications of Covid-19. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Riverside Cemetery, Albany, GA. Rev. Wesley Marshall will officiate. Kathryn was born to Wilbur T. (W.T.) Hobbs and Annie Mead Scott Hobbs. Kathryn and Elton White were...
James Lester Brown
Jan 20, 2021
James Lester Brown, 85, of Dawson, died Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. His graveside service will be Saturday 2:00 PM at New Light Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery. A native of Albany, Mr. Brown had lived in Dawson, for the past fifty seven years. He had worked with Keenan Auto Parts and ASCS Crop Insurance. He was...
Gloria "June" Rix
Jan 20, 2021
Mrs. Gloria Willis Rix (June to her family), 70, of Leesburg, passed away, January 20,2021. A private memorial will be held at a later date. She was born September 25. 1950 in Albany, Georgia to the late Perry Jackson Willis Sr. and Evelyn Latrelle Marshall. She was the owner of Nana's Playhouse in Leesburg for many years. Mrs. Rix was...
William "Randy" Barnes
Jan 19, 2021
William Randall (Randy) Barnes, 55, of Albany, GA., passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at Phoebe North from complications due to COVID-19. A private graveside will be held at the City Cemetery in Sale City, GA., at a later date. Pastor David Blackwell will officiate. Born in Panama City, FL., Randy lived in Albany for the past fifty four years....
James Johns
Jan 19, 2021
James Troy Johns, 90, of Albany, GA passed away on January 19, 2021, at Phoebe Sumpter Medical Center. The family will hold a memorial service at Andersonville National Cemetery at a later date. Mr. Johns is survived by a loving wife of 23 years, Barbara, two children: Bill Johns and Cindy Dix. He also leaves behind two grandchildren (Echo Valera...
Athalia Howell
Jan 18, 2021
Athalia McLeod Howell, age 95, passed away, January 18, 2021 after a week in hospice care in Nashville, TN. Athalia lived in her home in Springfield, TN not far from her daughter Jeana. She was active in church attendance, visiting family, keeping house and even mowing her own lawn until the age of 89. With help from Jeana, she continued...
Irvin Storey, Jr.
Jan 18, 2021
Irvin Haskell (Tex) Storey, Jr., 89, of Leesburg, Ga passed away Monday, January 18, 2021. Private funeral services will be held at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Terry Sinyard will officiate. Public graveside services will be held Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Masks and social distancing will be respected. Born January 30, 1931 to...
Carrol Roberts
Jan 17, 2021
Carrol Saxon “Snooks” Roberts, 86, of Albany, GA, died January 17, 2021 at Phoebe North Hospital. Due to Covid concerns, memorial services will be held at a later date. Mr. Roberts was born in Miller County, GA to Auburn Jackson and Lessie Estelle Roberts on July 28, 1934. After High School, he joined and served his country in The United...
Wiley Cox
Jan 17, 2021
Wiley B. Cox, 82, of Leesburg, GA passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:00 pm at Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester, GA. Social Distancing and masks will be required. Wiley was born August 27, 1938 in Ceres, Virginia, to the late Winton B. and Maude Bridges...
Lallie Benkoski
Jan 16, 2021
The memorial service for the late "Lallie" Benkoski of Albany, who departed this life on 16 January 2021 at Pruitt Healthcare, Sylvester, Georgia, will be held on 20 January 2021 at 2:00 P.M., with visitation beginning at 1:00 P.M. at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Albany, Rev. "Biff" Coker officiating. "Lallie" was born 24 January 1926 in Thomson, Georgia to the late...
David Bailey
Jan 14, 2021
David Jerome Bailey, 52, of Newnan, GA (formerly of Albany, GA), passed away January 14, 2021 at Piedmont Newnan Hospital after a battle with COVID-19. David was born on August 1, 1968 in Atlanta, GA to JD and Marilyn Morgan Bailey. David was preceded in death by his father, JD Bailey, nephew, Eric Purvis Bailey and great nephew Hayden Bailey....
