Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Albany, Georgia, Dougherty County and Surrounding Areas
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...

Martha Mavis () Beck
Nov 14, 2011
Mrs. Martha Mavis Beck, 92, of Greenville, passed away, Monday, November 14, 2011 in Greenville. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at the graveside of Floral Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends following the service at the cemetery. Mrs. Beak was born of February 12, 1919 in Sylvester, GA., daughter of...
Charles Edward Sykes
Nov 7, 2011
Mr. Charles E. Sykes, 82, of Albany, passed away on November 7, 2011 at Palmyra Medical Centers in Albany. Funeral Services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 9, 2011 in the chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. Reverend Carl Dunn will officiate with interment to follow in Floral Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from...
Christopher Keith Cyr
Nov 7, 2011
Mr. Christopher K. Cyr, 47, of Albany, passed away Monday, November 7, 2011 at his residence. A Memorial service celebrating his life will be held on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. Reverend John McComas will officiate. Christopher was born on December 28, 1963 in Dallas, TX. He worked...

Patricia Marie (Mercer) Buchannon
Nov 1, 2011
Mrs. Patricia M. (Giddy) Buchannon, 68, of Albany, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be announced at a later date. Born November 5, 1942 to the late John and Kay Gould Mercer in Pontiac, MI, she worked for ten years with Winn Dixie and twenty-two years for Harvey’s in the Deli...

Faye M. (Murphy) Martin
Oct 29, 2011
Mrs. Faye Murphy Martin, 67, of Albany, passed away Saturday, October 29, 2011 at her residence. Born February 13, 1944 in Live Oak, FL, Mrs. Martin was the daughter of the late Clarence C. Murphy and Callie Bell Miller Murphy. Mrs. Martin worked as a waitress/hostess for many years and enjoyed gardening and music. She loved her family and...
Alice Clyde Phillips
Oct 25, 2011
Mrs. Alice Clyde Phillips, 64, of Albany, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The memorial service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 28, 2011 in the Chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. Reverend Steve Waldron will officiate and the family will receive friends following the service at Hall and Hall Funeral...

Kimberly Paul
Oct 22, 2011
Mrs. Kimberly Paul, 41, of Newton, passed away Saturday, October 22, 2011 at the Willson Hospice House in Albany. At the request of Mrs. Paul, the remains were cremated and no services are planned at this time. Hall and Hall Funeral Home of Albany was in charge of the arrangements.
Glenda Jane (Holman) Smith
Oct 20, 2011
Mrs. Glenda Jane Smith, 75, of Albany, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2011 at her home. Funeral services will be conducted at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 25, 2011 in the Chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. Reverend Robin Chaplin will officiate. Interment and Graveside service will follow on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashville,...