Obituaries
Dottie Bailey
Oct 30, 2020
Dottie Nell Bailey, 59, of Albany, GA died Friday, October 30, 2020 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Providence Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Worth Co., GA. Born in Charleston, SC, Dottie has resided in Albany, GA most all of her life. She was...
Doris Lawton Curles
Oct 28, 2020
Doris Lawton Curles, 86, of Albany, died Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Her graveside funeral service will be held at 12:00 noon Saturday, October 31, 2020 at Floral Memory Gardens. Mr. Andy Lawton will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service. A native of Colquitt County, Mrs. Curles had lived in Albany the past...
Sara Rich
Oct 28, 2020
Sara Parker Rich, 71, of Lee County, GA, died October 28, 2020 at Phoebe North. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Leesburg City Cemetery. Rev. Dr. Scott Hagan will officiate. Connor Henderson will perform musical selections. Please observe social distancing and masks will be provided. Sara was born in Camilla, GA on January 25, 1949...
Marion Abney
Oct 28, 2020
Marion Sizemore Abney, 57, of Baconton, GA died Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Thundering Springs Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Social distancing and masks will be respected. Born in Sylvester, GA, Marion had resided in Mitchell Co., GA for a number...
Ruby Wyatt
Oct 27, 2020
Ruby Ileen Wyatt, 88, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends Friday, October 30, 2020 from 5:00 p.m. until 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. A visitation will also be held on Monday, November 2, 2020 at the Dove-Sharp-Rudicel Funeral Home in North Vernon, IN with a graveside funeral...
Billy Reed
Oct 27, 2020
Billy Ray Reed, 81, of Dawson, GA, passed away on October 27, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No formal funeral services will be held. Billy was born in Sulligent, Alabama, on September 24, 1939, to the late Halen and Estelle Reed. He and his family moved several times during his early life; mostly between Georgia, Alabama, and Indiana. Billy...
James Foxworth
Oct 26, 2020
James Russell Foxworth, 71, of Baconton, GA died Monday, October 26, 2020 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 30, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery with military honors. ...
Lavern Daniel
Oct 25, 2020
Mrs. Lavern Obert Daniel, 94, of Leesburg, GA, died October 25, 2020 at her residence surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 1:00 with visitation at 12:30 at Beattie Road Church of Christ. Minister Charles Harris will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery with Minister Faron Hamner. Those in attendance...
Elizabeth Marler
Oct 20, 2020
Elizabeth “Liz” Ross Marler, 76, of Albany died Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at her residence. Her funeral service will be Saturday 11 AM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment at 3 PM in Friendship Cemetery in Donalsonville. A native of Donalsonville, Ms. Marler had lived in Albany since 1973 and was a retired legal secretary with Moore, Clark, DuVall and...
Jeanette Paul
Oct 20, 2020
Jeanette Johnson Paul, 90, of Albany, GA, passed away on October 20, 2020 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 23, 2020 at 11:00 am at Faith Baptist Church. Rev. David Cromie and Rev. Jerry Deans will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. A native of Randolph County, GA, Mrs. Paul...
Mollie Neal
Oct 18, 2020
Mollie Ledford Neal, 73, of Albany, Georgia flew home with her angels to be with Jesus, her Lord and Savior, on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 7:14 am. Celebration of her life will be held at Merry Acres Event Center in the Ballroom on Saturday, November 14, 2020. Family will have visitation and receive friends and family at 10:00 am...
Douglas McGhee, Jr.
Oct 18, 2020
Douglas Lee “Doug” McGhee, Jr., 73, of Albany, GA died Sunday, October 18, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A private funeral service will be conducted Friday, October 23, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. A public Committal service will follow at 11:45 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Dan Craft will officiate. Casual attire is acceptable. Social...
Patricia Rucker
Oct 17, 2020
Patricia Ann Rucker, of Newton, GA, died Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Pruitt Health-Moultrie. A private service will be held at a later date. Mrs. Rucker was a registered nurse and retired as a school nurse with the Baker County School System. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Rucker, Sr. Mrs. Rucker was a member of the...
Valencia Babette Senn
Oct 17, 2020
Valencia B. Senn, 60, of Leesburg, died Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Her service will be 2 PM Monday, October 19, 2020 at Floral Memory Gardens. A native of St. Louis, Ms. Senn had lived in the Albany area most of her adult life and was a homemaker. She liked to rescue animal, gardening, cooking and...
Terry Futch
Oct 17, 2020
Terry L. Futch, 48, of Leesburg, GA died Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Willson Hospice House, Albany, GA. Born in Dawson, GA, Mr. Futch had resided in Leesburg, GA most all of his life and worked with Wilson Tree Service before ill health. He was of the Baptist faith and was preceded in death by his father, Foy Futch and his...
Robert Rhodes
Oct 14, 2020
Robert E. Rhodes, 71, of Albany, GA, died October 14, 2020 while in Sumter County, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 PM. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Please observe social distancing. Robert was born on September 22, 1949 in Barwick, GA to the late Harmon and Lorine Rhodes. He grew up in Albany, GA, was part...
Sara Watson
Oct 12, 2020
Sara Cook Watson, 93, of Albany, GA died Monday, October 12, 2020 at Dawson Health and Rehabilitation. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Masks and social distancing will be respected. Mrs. Watson had resided in Lee Co., GA most all of her adult...
Gloria Scott
Oct 12, 2020
Gloria Robinson Scott, 74, of Lee County, GA died Monday, October 12, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be will be held Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Grady Morey will officiate. A private committal service will be held Friday at Leesburg Cemetery. Please observe social distancing and wear a mask....
Joyce Sartain
Oct 9, 2020
Joyce Elaine Sartain, 78, of Albany, Georgia, passed away on Friday, Ocotober 9, 2020 at Pruitt Health Palmyra Nursing Home. A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Paul Wilkes will officiate. Interment will be held at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Joyce was born September 7, 1942, in Colquitt, GA, to Noah and...
Myra Holladay Mathews
Oct 5, 2020
Myra Holladay Mathews, 76, of Albany, GA, died Monday, October 5, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 11:00 A.M.. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Masks and social distancing will be respected. Born in Wilcox, Co., GA, Mrs. Mathews...
