Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Albany, Georgia, Dougherty County and Surrounding Areas
Harvey Gene Jordan
Mar 23, 2012
Mr. Harvey Gene Jordan, 74, of Sylvester, passed away, Friday, March 23, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, March 25, 2012 at Liberty Parkway Church of God. Pastor Ralph Horne and Pastor Milton H. Pate, Jr. will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery. Born November 28, 1937 in...
Joyce (Whitfield) Hall
Mar 21, 2012
Mrs. Joyce Whitfield Hall, 66, of Sylvester, passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 24, 2012 in the chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. Reverend Jason Jones will officiate with interment to follow at Riverside Cemetery. Mrs. Hall was born September 12, 1945 in...
Vivian Allyne (Anderson) Rehkugler
Mar 18, 2012
Mrs. Vivian Allyne Rehkugler, 80, of Albany, passed away, Monday, March 12, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 17, 2012 at The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses, 808 Liberty Expressway SE Albany, GA. 31705. The family will receive friends after the service.

Eugene Hammack
Mar 7, 2012
Mr. Eugene Hammack, 86, of Fitzgerald and formerly of Albany, passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at Wilson Hospice House in Albany. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 9, 2012 at the graveside of Riverside Cemetery. Born March 22, 1925 in Cuthbert, Mr. Hammack was the son of the late Lon C. Hammack and...

Montez (Youngblood) Johnson
Mar 7, 2012
Mrs. Montez Youngblood Johnson, 88, of Albany, passed away, Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at the Wilson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 12, 2012 at the graveside of Riverside Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service at the graveside. Born May 24, 1923, Mrs. Johnson was the daughter of the...

Donald Clyde Giddens
Mar 4, 2012
Mr. Donald Clyde Giddens, 67, of Leesburg, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2012 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in the chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. Reverend Michael O’Neal will officiate with interment to follow in the Leesburg Cemetery. Born October 30, 1944 in Ashburn, Mr. Giddens was...

Russell M. Castleberry
Feb 28, 2012
Russell Manning Castleberry, 88, of Leesburg passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 1, 2012 in the chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. Mr. Bobby Marshall will officiate with interment to follow in the Meigs Cemetery. Mr. Castleberry was born December 13, 1923 in...

Betty Carol (Donohue) Garvey
Feb 23, 2012
Mrs. Betty Carol Garvey, 87, of Leesburg, passed away, February 23, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. At the request of Mrs. Garvey, her remains were cremated and no services are planned. Born December 22, 1924 in St. Clair County, IL., Betty was the daughter of the late, Walter Donohue and Helen Kohrumel Donahue. She was a...
Joseph Benjamin Rowe
Feb 20, 2012
Mr. Joseph Benjamin Rowe, 86, of Albany, passed away, Monday, February 20, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 24, 2012 at Mercedes Baptist Church, 2623 Moultrie Road. Albany, GA. 31705. Reverends Russel Anglin and Jerry E. Willis will officiate with interment to follow at Floral Memory Gardens...
Lois (Sellers) Simmons
Feb 18, 2012
Mrs. Lois Sellers Simmons, 78, of Albany, passed away, Saturday, February 18, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 21, 2012 in the chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Westview Cemetery in Moultrie. A native of Colquitt County, Ga, Lois was born...
Ethell (Purvis) Regan
Feb 15, 2012
Edna Ethell Regan, 66, of Albany, passed away, Wednesday, February 15, 2012. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 PM, Saturday February 18, 2012 in the chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. Reverend Kevin Johnson will officiate and interment will follow at Deep Bottom Cemetery in Norman Park at 4:00 PM. Mrs. Regan was born June 13, 1945...

Mattilyn Louise Long
Feb 4, 2012
Mattilyn Louise Giezentanner Long, two month old infant of Sonja Long and Erich Giezentanner, passed away, Saturday, February 4, 2012 in Albany. The memorial service was conducted at 11:00 a.m., Saturday February 11, 2012 at First Southern Methodist Church in Albany. Mattilyn was born December 4, 2011 in Albany. She is now resting in the arms of the Lord....

Gail (Combs) Tillery-Baucom
Jan 14, 2012
Mrs. Gail Tillery-Baucom, 70, of Putney, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2012 in Albany. The memorial service will be conducted at 1:00 p.m., Friday, January 20, 2012 at Porterfield United Methodist Church, 2200 Dawson Road. Hall and Hall Funeral Home of Albany was in charge of the arrangements.

Allen 'Gene' Normand
Dec 30, 2011
Mr. Allen “Gene” Normand, 65, of Leesburg, passed away Friday, December 30, 2011 at the Willson Hospice House. Mr. Normand was born on October 10, 1946 in Mesa, AZ. He had worked for many years in construction as a welder and will be remembered as a loving husband, father and grandfather. Survivors include his wife, Frances Reeves Normand; daughters,...

Minne (Cannizzaro) Wiggins
Dec 30, 2011
Minnie Cannizzaro Wiggins, 83, of Albany passed away Friday, December 30, 2011 in Albany. Services honoring the life of Mrs. Wiggins will be conducted at 6:00 p.m., Monday, January 2, 2012 in the chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Bullock will officiate. Her remains will buried at Andersonville Nation Cemetery. The family will receive friends one...
Gail Prather (Kapcar) Allen
Dec 1, 2011
Mrs. Gail Prather Allen, 59, of Albany, passed away, Thursday, December 1, 2011 at her home. The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 5, 2011 at Gillionville Baptist Church with internment to follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Dr. W. A. “Billy” Smith will officiate. Brian Polson, Ryan Jackson, Ted Suhl, Dr. Mark Brown, Don Cooper,...

Harlan West
Nov 22, 2011
Harlan West, age 73, of Albany died Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at the Willson Hospice House in Albany. Graveside services will be conducted on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at the Leesburg Cemetery in Leesburg, GA. Rev. Bill Fricks will officiate. The family will receive friends on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Hall and Hall and Hall...
Eugene Quinn Sr
Nov 17, 2011
MSGT Eugene Fredrick Quinn, Sr., 77, of Albany, passed away Thursday, November 17, 2011 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Old St. Teresa’s Catholic Church located at 315 Residence Ave. Albany, GA. 31701(Between Jefferson and Jackson) . Father Stephen Pontzer will officiate with interment to follow in the Crown...

Leila Maurine (Brown) Dyes
Nov 15, 2011
Mrs. Leila Maurine Dyes, 86, of Albany, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2011 in Albany. Services honoring the life of Mrs. Dyes will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 19, 2011 at The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses 435 Dunbar Lane, Albany, GA. 31701. The family will receive friends following the service. Mrs. Dyes was born on June...
Jeff Lester Connell
Nov 14, 2011
Mr. Jeff Lester Connell, 73, of Sylvester, passed away on Monday, November 14, 2011 at his home. Born December 20, 1937 in Moultrie, Mr. Connell was the son of the late William Henry Connell and Lottie Mae Anderson Connell. He worked in construction for many years and had worked with LRA Construction Company. He will be remembered as a...