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Larry Irvin Giese
Mar 6, 2022
GySgt Larry Irvin Giese, 78, passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2022, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Private funeral services honoring his life will be conducted at Andersonville National Cemetery with military honors. Born November 21, 1943, in Wallace, Idaho, Mr. Giese was the son of the late Edwin and Kathleen Harper Giese. He faithfully served our country in...
Daniel James "Dan" Arend
Mar 5, 2022
Mr. Daniel James “Dan” Arend, 67, of Leesburg, passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at Joseph W. Jones Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Joseph W. Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Ben...
Ralph Robert “Bobby” Wells
Feb 28, 2022
Mr. Ralph Robert “Bobby” Wells, 45, of Leesburg, passed away on Monday, February 28, 2022, at Piedmont Henry Hospital, in Stockbridge. Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, March 3, 2022, at Joseph W. Jones Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 4, 2022, in the chapel of Joseph W....
Charles A. Thompson
Feb 23, 2022
Mr. Charles A. Thompson, 61, of Leesburg, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Visitation will be held on Saturday, February 26, 2022, from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at Joseph W. Jones Funeral Home in Leesburg. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 27, 2022, in the Thundering Springs Cemetery, in Leesburg with...
Tommy "Tom" Lee Bruce
Feb 23, 2022
Mr. Tommy Lee “Tom” Bruce, 67, of Leesburg, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at Phoebe North. A celebration of life will be held from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. on February 27, 2022, at the VFW, 315 Philema Rd, Albany, GA 31701. Born on September 21, 1954, in Ironton, OH, Tom was the son of the late...
William Darrell Lilly
Feb 14, 2022
Mr. William Darrell Lilly, age 90, passed away peacefully under hospice care at his daughter’s home in Roswell, GA on Monday, February 14, 2022. A graveside funeral service will be conducted on Saturday, February 19, 2022, at 12:00 noon at Floral Memory Gardens, Albany, Georgia with Joseph W. Jones officiating. The family will visit with friends following the service....
Anna Marie Smith
Feb 10, 2022
Anna Marie Smith, 64, of Leesburg, passed away February 10, 2022, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Arrangements and pending and a complete obituary will be published later. Joseph W. Jones Funeral Home was given the honor to serve the Smith family. Joseph W. Jones Funeral Home Leesburg, GA 229-814-1415
Russell "Rusty" Reed
Feb 7, 2022
Mr. Russell “Rusty” Reed, 62, of Tifton and formerly of Leesburg, passed away on Monday, February 7, 2022, at Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia, in Tifton. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 9, 2022, in the Leary Cemetery with Bro. Mike Cannon officiating. Born August 5, 1959, in Albany, Rusty was the son of...
Beverly Draper
Feb 3, 2022
Beverly Draper, 69, of Leesburg, passed away on Thursday, February 3, 2022, at her home. Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Monday, February 7, 2022, at Joseph W. Jones Funeral Home of Leesburg. A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, in the Leesburg Cemetery with Dr....
Sarah Anne Shook-Quinn
Feb 1, 2022
Sarah Anne Shook-Quinn, 39, of Newton, passed away on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service honoring her life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 5, 2022, in the chapel of Joseph W. Jones Funeral Home. The family will visit with friends following the service. Sarah was born September 28, 1982,...
William Claud Chambless
Jan 30, 2022
William Claud Chambless, born July 8, 1926, passed away January 30, 2022, peacefully at his home in Dawson, Georgia. He was the son of W.H. and Bertie Mae Chambless and was born in his parents’ home on the farm near Dawson where he lived until several years after he married. At that time, he tore the original house down...
Matthew Scott Tucker
Jan 23, 2022
Matthew “Matt” Scott Tucker, age 26, of Albany, passed away on January 23, 2022. Visitation will be held Friday, January 28, 2022, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Joseph W. Jones Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 29th in the chapel of Joseph W. Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Matt Harrell...
Donna L. Dean
Jan 12, 2022
Mrs. Donna L. Dean, 60, of Leesburg, passed away January 12, 2022, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A graveside funeral service will be conducted at 2:30 p.m., on Friday, January 14, 2022, at Crown Hill Cemetery with Pastor Debbie Cone officiating. Donna was born September 12, 1961, in Columbus, GA to Mr. Charles and Carolyn Luttrell. The family moved...
Robert David Adair
Jan 8, 2022
Mr. Robert David Adair peacefully passed away at his home in Albany, GA on Saturday, January 8, 2022. Services will be private. Robert David Adair was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Albert Joseph Adair and Frances Keller Kazsupski. Graduating from Lincoln High School in 1954, Robert went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree in chemical/mechanical engineering from Drexel University....
James “Justin” Hankins Iii
Jan 3, 2022
James “Justin” Hankins III, 44, of Albany, passed away on January 3, 2022, from injuries sustained in a car accident. At this time arrangements are pending and will be announced later by Joseph W. Jones Funeral Home. Condolences and memories may be shared on the tribute wall. Joseph W. Jones Funeral Home Leesburg, GA 31763 229-814-1415
Betty Sue Ivey
Dec 27, 2021
Betty S. Ivey, of Dawson and Leesburg, went home to be with our Lord on the morning of Monday, December 27, 2021. Mrs. Ivey was born in 1934 in Calhoun County, GA to the late Charlie and Eunice Hilton. She met and married Vernon R. Ivey, Sr. in 1953 while attending college in Albany. Many years later, they moved...
Terrilea Davis Strawder
Dec 16, 2021
Mrs. Terrilea Davis Strawder, 66, of Albany, peacefully passed away on Thursday, December 16, 2021, at her home while surrounded by her loving family. Visitation will be held on Saturday, December 18, 2021, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., at Joseph W. Jones Funeral Home, in Leesburg. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, December 19,...
Jerry Brooks
Dec 4, 2021
Mr. Jerry Brooks, 93, of Albany, passed away at his home in Albany on the morning of Saturday, December 4, 2021. A memorial service honoring his life will be hosted by the family at a later date. He was born April 12, 1928, to the late Will and Ruth Hawkins Brooks and grew up in Alabama as one of...
Cheryl Belcher Frakes
Dec 3, 2021
Cheryl Belcher Frakes was born in 1958 to Mrs. Patricia Belcher and the late Claude Charles Belcher, Jr. Cheryl, more affectionately known as “Gigi Gigi Gigi!” and “Ma”, was a one-of-a-kind person with an incredible sense of humor. She was a loyal employee to the Albany Herald for twenty years, but her true passion in life was her family....
Nina Mary Warr
Nov 29, 2021
Nina Mary Warr, 65, of Albany, passed away at her home on Monday, November 29, 2021, after years of battling illness. A memorial service honoring her life will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 3, 2021, in the chapel of Byne Memorial Baptist Church with Pastor Mark Jackson officiating. She was born November 24, 1956, in Albany...
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