Obituaries
James Garrel Cribb
Nov 13, 2019
James Garrel Cribb (USAF, Ret.), 82 of Tifton, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died November 13, 2019 at his residence. Visitation will be from 10:00 until 11:00 AM Monday November 18, 2019 at Mathews Funeral Home with funeral services beginning at 11:00 AM and entombment to follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with Military Honors. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate.
Mr. Cribb...
Harmon Relee Rhodes
Nov 11, 2019
Harmon R. Rhodes, 98, of Albany, GA died Monday, November 11, 2019. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 15, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Grady Co., GA.
Born in Moultrie, GA, Mr. Rhodes was a veteran of WW II serving...
Richard Clinton Hyde, Sr.
Nov 10, 2019
Richard Clinton Hyde, Sr., 84, of Leesburg, GA., died Sunday, November 10, 2019 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center.
Mr. Hyde had lived in Leesburg since 2010 moving from Minnesota. He served our country and retired from the United States Air Force where he was an aircraft mechanic. After retirement Mr. Hyde stayed busy working various jobs and enjoyed working with his...
Alice Jeannette Johns
Nov 10, 2019
Alice Jeannette Johns, 98, of Homestead, FL, died November 10, 2019 at Homestead Baptist Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, December 6, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Riverside Cemetery. Mr. Randy Johns will officiate.
Mrs. Johns was born in Sumter County, GA on May 15, 1921 to the late James and Mattie Mae Hart. She grew up in...
Esther Seeley Foote
Nov 10, 2019
Esther Naomi Foote, 88, of Kearny, NJ, died Sunday, November 10, 2019 at her daughters home here in Worth County.
There will be a service here in Albany, Wednesday 6 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Her burial will take place in Glendale Cemetery, Bloomfield, NJ.
Mrs. Foote was a retired bookkeeper with the Salvation Army.
She was preceded in death...
Grover "Buddy" Charles Woolard
Nov 9, 2019
Mr. Grover Charles (Buddy) Woolard, 82, of Albany, Georgia, entered his eternal rest Saturday, November 9, 2019, at Willson Hospice House. He was born on April 16, 1937, in Sylvester, Georgia. Before his retirement, Buddy was the owner and operator of Woolard Oil Company in Sylvester, Georgia. He was an Army veteran.
Buddy became a follower of Jesus Christ at...
James "Jamie" Johnson
Nov 9, 2019
James “Jamie” Edwin Johnson, 66, of Albany, GA passed away Saturday, November 09, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be conducted on Friday, November 22, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. A private interment will be held on Saturday at Rocky Mount Methodist Church cemetery near Bakerhill, AL.
Jamie was...
Braxton Lee Weaver
Nov 5, 2019
Braxton Lee Weaver, infant son of Brandon Weaver and Hannah Walker, died Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at Beverly Knight Olsen Children’s Hospital in Macon.
His funeral service will be Friday 1 PM at Sherwood Baptist Church with interment to follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Ken Bevel will officiate.
He is also survived by his grandparents Cherie and David Valis,...
Craig Carson Howell
Nov 4, 2019
Craig Carson Howell, 49, of Albany, GA died Monday, November 4, 2019 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be held Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Joshua Copron and Pastor Brynn Copron will officiate.
Born in Albany, GA, Craig attended Riverview Academy and graduated from Westover High School and attended Valdosta State College....
Gail Watson Hall
Oct 31, 2019
Gail Watson Hall, 79 of Albany, died Thursday, October 31, 2019 at her residence.
Her memorial service will be Monday 2 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. John Spencer and Mr. Ed Deming will officiate.
Born in Miami, FL, to George and Margaret Watson, Gail grew up in Cordele, Ga. where she graduated from Crisp County High. After marrying, she lived in several different cities in the United States and Germany. In 1972 she moved to Albany and had resided there ever since. She provided many adventures for her family that provided education and fun throughout their childhood....
Burl Ercell Parks
Oct 30, 2019
Burl Ercell Parks, age 68, of Sky Valley, Georgia, passed away on October 30, 2019.
Burl was born the son of the late Ercell F. Parks and the late Elizabeth Louise Lovett Parks-McCathern on July 31, 1951 In Greenwood, South Carolina.
Burl was a Christian and a member the Rabun Gap Presbyterian Church. He was the past Rotary president, the...
Elease Vanzant Glover
Oct 29, 2019
Elease Vanzant Glover, 90, of Leesburg, GA died Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, Nov. 1, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Stan Glass will officiate.
Born in Ashburn, GA, Mrs. Glover was educated in the Turner Co. school system and after marriage became a military wife. She was a...
Doris Louise Singletary O'Connor
Oct 29, 2019
Doris Louise Singletary O’Connor, 81, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at her residence. Memorial services will be conducted Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chad Ellis and Rev. Roy Cook will officiate.
Born in Ocilla, GA, Mrs. O’Connor was educated in the Irwin Co. School System and moved to Albany, GA...
Irene King Goolsby
Oct 28, 2019
Mrs. Irene King Goolsby, 94, of Terrell County, GA died October 28, 2019 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. at the Bronwood Baptist Church. Rev. Jeff Carter will officiate. A private interment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Goolsby was born on November 8, 1924 in Lee County, GA to the late Sidney...
JoAnn Reid
Oct 24, 2019
Mrs. JoAnn Howell Reid, 79, of Albany passed away October 24, 2019 at her residence. Per her wishes, Mrs. Reid will be cremated and no services are planned at this time
Jeannie Hall
Oct 20, 2019
Jeannie Hall, 73, of Leesburg, GA., died Sunday, October 20, 2019 at Big Bend Hospice in Tallahassee.
Mrs. Hall had resided in Leesburg since 1973. She and her husband were longtime active members of Byne Memorial Baptist Church. There she served as a children’s Sunday school teacher and a mission friends teacher, as well as her beloved ESL Citizenship program...
Bonnie Sasser Brazel
Oct 19, 2019
Bonnie Sasser Brazel, 71, of Calhoun Co., GA died Saturday, October 19,2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Chaplain Brenda Morris will officiate.
Born in Panama City, FL, Mrs. Brazel had resided in Calhoun County since 1968. She worked at Albany Internal Medicine for forty-three...
William "Bill" R. Moye, Jr.
Oct 18, 2019
William R. “Bill” Moye, Jr., 81 of Thomasville, formerly of Albany, died Friday, October 18, 2019 at Legacy Village at Plantation Manor in Thomasville, GA.
His funeral service will be 10 AM Wednesday at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery in Mitchell County. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate.
A native of Mitchell County was retired...
Harry Ashley Carver, Sr.
Oct 17, 2019
Harry Ashley Carver, Sr., 81, of Decatur, AL formerly of Bridgeboro, GA, died Thursday, October 17, 2019 at River City Center in Decatur. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bill McCamon will officiate. A private committal service for immediate family will follow at Liberty Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with Military Honors.
Mr....
John Asprin Burns
Oct 17, 2019
John A. Burns (USAF, SSGT, Ret), 90, of Albany, GA, passed away on October 17, 2019 at home surrounded by his loving family. In celebration of his life, visitation will be Monday, October 21, from 6:00-8:00 p.m., and services will be held the following day, October 22, at 12:00 p.m. Both will be held at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Doc...
