Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Albany, Georgia, Dougherty County and Surrounding Areas
James Carlton House
Jan 1, 2011
Mr. James Carlton House, 82, of Albany, passed away Saturday, January 1, 2011 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, January 5, 2011 in the chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. Reverend Eron White will officiate. Interment will follow in the Andersonville Cemetery. Born on October 31, 1928 in Tallulah Falls, GA., Mr....
Richard D. Updyke
Dec 31, 2010
Mr. Richard D. Updyke, Sr., 58, of Albany, passed away Friday, December 31, 2010 at the Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 4, 2011 in the chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. The Reverend Robin Chaplin will officiate. Mr. Updyke was born November 9, 1952 in Fort Carson, Colorado, son of...
Christine Askew Hall
Dec 29, 2010
Christine Askew Hall, 92, of Sylvester, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 with her family by her side. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 31, 2010 at Sunnyside Baptist Church. The Reverend Bobby Harrell will officiate and entombment will follow in the Crown Hill Mausoleum. Christine Askew Hall was...
Elbert Lyvon Strickland
Dec 20, 2010
Mr. Elbert Lyvon Strickland, 68, of Albany, passed away Monday, December 20, 2010 in Albany. At the request of Mr. Strickland, his remains have been cremated and no services are planned at this time. Hall and Hall Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Santos Rigoberto Vicente
Dec 17, 2010
Santos Rigoberto Vicente, 19, of Albany and formerly of Guatemala, passed away Friday, December 17, 2010 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Hall and Hall Funeral Home of Albany was in charge of the arrangements.
David Jackson Wilson
Dec 6, 2010
David Jackson Wilson, 40, of Oakfield, passed away Monday, December 6, 2010 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 9, 2010 in the chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. The Reverend Charles McCardle will officiate with interment to follow in the Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Sylvester. David...
John T. 'Jack' Powell
Nov 20, 2010
Mr. John T. “Jack” Powell, 80, of Albany, went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, November 20, 2010. Funeral services honoring the life of Mr. Powell, will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at Lighthouse Ministries, 2320 Liberty Expressway in Putney. Pastor Chris E. Turner and Reverend Perry Lamey will officiate and interment will...

Donald Monroe Smith
Nov 6, 2010
Mr. Donald Monroe ldquo;Catfishrdquo; Smith, 60, of Baconton and formerly of Fitzgerald, passed away Saturday, November 6, 2010 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m.,Tuesday, November 9, 2010 in the chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. Pastor Glen Robinson will officiate and interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens. Born on May 8, 1950...

Robert E. Cockroft
Oct 21, 2010
Mr. Robert Edwin Cockroft, 65, of Putney, passed away Thursday, October 21, 2010 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted at 4:00 p.m., Monday, October 25, 2010 in the chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald Cockroft will officiate with interment to follow in the Mt. Enon Cemetery in Baconton. Mr. Cockroft was born June 27,...

Matrid Wayfer Turner
Oct 20, 2010
Mrs. Matrid Wayfer Turner, 88, of Albany passed away Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services honoring the life of Mrs. Turner will be conducted at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, October 23, 2010 at the graveside of Crown Hill Cemetery. Reverend Chris E. Turner will officiate. Mrs. Turner was born December 15, 1921 in Quitman,...

Johnny Olin Ingram
Oct 13, 2010
Johnny Olin Ingram, 59, of Albany passed away Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m., Friday, October 15, 2010 in the chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. The Reverend Bobby Moye will officiate with interment to follow at Floral Memory Gardens in Albany. Born September 15, 1951 in Kellogg ,...

William Paul Tyson
Oct 12, 2010
Mr. William Paul Tyson, 79, of Baconton, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 16, 2010 in the chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Crown Hill Cemetery. Born on April 16, 1931 in...

David Lamar Lee
Oct 12, 2010
David Lamar Lee, 56, of Sylvester, passed away Tuesday, October 12, 2010 in Sylvester. At the request of Mr. Lee his remains have been cremated and no services are planned. Hall and Hall Funeral Home 229-883-3864

Jarell Sawyer
Oct 8, 2010
Mr. Jarell Sawyer, 93, of Worth County, passed away Friday, October 8, 2010 at his home. At the request of Mr. Sawyer, his remains have been cremated and no services are planned. Hall and Hall Funeral Home 229-883-3864

George Sr. Glass
Oct 8, 2010
Mr. George Milton Glass Sr., 59, of Albany, passed away Friday, October 8, 2010 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 11, 2010 at the graveside of Floral Memory Gardens. Mr. Glass was born July 24, 1951 in Fort Benning, Ga. He served his country in the Air Force and...

Cheryl Sue Burns
Sep 25, 2010
Cheryl Sue Burns, 63, of Leesburg passed away Saturday, September 25, 2010 at her home. Memorial services honoring the life of Mrs. Burns were conducted at 10:30 a.m., Monday, September 27, 2010 in the Chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home. Reverend Bruce Smith officiated. Mrs. Burns was born July 29, 1947 in Donaldsonville, GA to the late, William...

James Barry 'Jim' Cassar
Sep 14, 2010
Mr. James âJimâBarry Cassar, 60, of Baconton, passed away on September 14, 2010 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Funeral Services honoring the life of Mr. Cassar will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 17, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church . Reverend Chris Hall, Reverend Fred Collins and Reverend Michael Brown will officiate with interment to follow...

Johnny Jr. Kennedy
Sep 10, 2010
Mr. Johnny L. (Bubba) Kennedy Jr., 48, of Sylvester, passed away on Friday, September 10, 2010, at The Willson Hospice House in Albany. A Memorial Viewing will be held at Hall and Hall Funeral Home on Sunday, September 12, 2010 from 4:00 ndash; 6:00 P.M. Bubba Kennedy was born to Carol Bess Manriquez and the late Johnny L. Kennedy...

William Walter Mattingly
Sep 9, 2010
Mr. William Walter Mattingly, 76, of Albany passed away Thursday, September 9, 2010 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services honoring the life of Mr. Mattingly will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 14nbsp;in the Chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home with interment to follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery . Reverend Robin Chaplin will officiate. William...

Earl M. Pilcher
Sep 7, 2010
Mr. Earl Myers Pilcher, 90, of Albany, passed away Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at Palmyra Nursing Home. A private family gathering will take place at the familyâs home. Mr. Pilcher was born October 13, 1919 in Ellaville, GA. to the late Emmett Wilson Pilcher and Cora Irene Pilcher. He was a veteran of World War II, where he served...