MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL CHAPEL

Katie C. Johnson, age 96, of Dougherty County, passed away peacefully the morning of February 7, 2024. Committed to the education of children, Katie dedicated 66 years of her life of God's lambs-38 years of teaching in various school systems and 31 years as Director of Lamb Shelter Day Care. Following retirement at the age of 92, she remained an active member of Emanuel Seventh-day Adventist Church. Services will be 1:30pm Sunday February 18, 2024 at Emanuel Seventh-day Adventist Church. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery, Albany, GA.

ALBANY - Debra Denise Fowler-Floyd, 63, of Albany departed this life on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at her residence. Homegoing services will be conducted today, Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 1:00PM at Greater Second Mount Olive Baptist Church Faith Center, 103 Dewey Street where Reverend Lorenzo L. Heard serves as pastor. Pastor Roderick Fowler will officiate. Internment will follow in the Riverside Cemetery, 200 Cotton Avenue. Visitation will be held today from 9:00AM until 11:00AM at the funeral home and from 12:00PM until the funeral hour at the church. M. L. King Funeral Directors 229/435-4813

Mary E. Harris was born in Albany April 28th, 1945 to the late (Pearl / Callie Harris) & (Carrie Bell Loving/ Leonard Hayes). She was 77. Mary was an educator for 30 years in the Dougherty County school system and spent most of her years teaching at Martin Luther King Middle School and Radium Middle school. Mary departed her earthly life on Thursday, November 24th, 2022. She leaves to cherish her memory four brothers Henry (Gracie) Harris of Albany, GA, Omar (Sandra) Salaam of Albany, Ga; James E Myricks of Washington DC, and James Loving of Atlanta, Ga. A special friend Kenneth Howard and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Memorial Services will be 11am...

Charles Samuel Lindsey, Jr. (affectionately known as "Chuck" or "Chuckie") was born on March 1, 1955 to the late Charles Samuel Lindsey, Sr. and Ralpheen Reid Lindsey in Albany, Georgia. Those left to cherish his memories and celebrate his life include: his sister, Frieda Lindsey Snead (Joe); his nephew, Jason Reid Lindsey; his favorite niece, Monica Lindsey Ponder; his grand-niece, Lindsey Jai Ponder; first cousins David Lindsey and Ray Lindsey, Jr. (Los Angeles, California); Kay Lindsey (Washington, DC); Terri Johnson (Jerry) (Sacramento, CA); Patrice Parker (Michael) (Camp Springs, MD); Obie Reid (Cheryl) of Charlotte, NC), Frank Reid (Tuskegee, AL) and Patrick Reid (Montgomery, AL);...

Cheryl Melinda Brown Binford was born July 29, 1959, in Millington, TN the first of four children to John M. and Addie B Brown. Cheryl was married in March 1980 to Sgt Peter Russell Caine Binford, Sr from Valdosta, GA. She went from being a military brat to a military wife. After 3 years in Panama, returned to Fort Gordon, in Augusta, GA where her first and only son was born, she was on cloud nine. Three years later in Albany, GA her second and only other pride and joy was born, the daughter she had prayed for. Cheryl leaves to mourn her loss, a loving mother Mrs. Addie King, of Louisville, KY, her father Sergeant Major John M. Brown, who preceded her in death, Two loving Children Peter...

Sister Mae Florence Williams (Pennie) begin her life August 25, 1951. She departed this life on September 22, 2021. She was a devoted Jehovah's Witness and a loving mother of three girls. She was preceded in death by her parents Elton Williams and Pauline Williams, oldest sister Imogene Williams Grier and youngest brother Samuel Williams. Survivors include her three daughters. Selene (Lena) Roberts, Norman of Albany Georgia. Audrey (Nikki) Hill, Ryan of Mableton Georgia and Paulette (Shon) Davis, Bruce of Midland Georgia. She also leaves behind one brother Elton Williams III of Wadley Georgia, three sisters Shirley Brown and Barbara Jean Wilcher of Wadley Georgia ,and Zora Allen, Timothy...

ALBANY - Ms. Sherry Ann Hatcher Pennington, 52, of Albany, entered into eternal rest on Friday, May 28, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial Services will be conducted Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 12:00 Noon at Westover Community Church, 416 Westover Blvd. Barry Butters will officiate.

On June 20, 1963, Edmund Howard Solomon was born to parents Raymond and Vera Lundy Solomon, Sr, in the "Good Life City" of Albany, Georgia. Edmund attended Dougherty County Schools system and graduated from Albany High School in 1981, where he excelled in athletics. It was also during this time that he met his future wife, Gwendolyn Michelle Johnson, in the eighth grade. As the once-in-a-lifetime love story goes, he sat behind her in study hall, they eventually became science lab partners, and began dating their junior year. The rest, as we say, is history. Edmund and Gwen were blessed with their firstborn, Rev. Edmund Tramaine Solomon, shortly before graduation in 1981, and later married...

ALBANY - Mr. Clarence Reuben Green, Jr., 67 of Albany, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at the Willson Hospice House. Graveside Homegoing Service will be conducted, today, Tuesday, September 8, 2020, at 10:00AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery, 120 Old Pretoria Road. Dr. Eugene G. Sherman, Jr. will officiate.

ALBANY - Mr. Cecil Boyd, 84 of Albany, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, August 29, 2020 at the Willson Hospice House. Graveside Homegoing Services will be conducted, today, Friday, September 4, 2020, at 1:30PM at Floral Memory Gardens, 120 Old Pretoria Road. Rev. Dr. McKinley Drake will officiate and Reverend Vincent L. Williams, Sr. will deliver the Eulogy. Visitation will be held on today, Thursday, September 4, 2020, from 9:00AM until 12:30PM at the funeral home.

The journey of life for Andrew Jackson, Sr. began on December 2, 1939, in Worth County, Georgia. He was the beloved son of the late Rushie Bell Jackson Polite. He received his early childhood and secondary education in the Worth and Dougherty County School Systems, graduating from Monroe High School in the class of 1961. School is where he developed a passion for reading, photography, and sports. Throughout high school, he was actively involved in numerous student organizations, activities, and sporting events. Andrew was an exceptionally talented and perceptive young man who developed a passion for cooking and food service during his early school years. He valued education and took...

ALBANY - Mr. Jellont Walker, 88 of Albany, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, August 13, 2020 at his residence. Homegoing Services will be conducted, Thursday, August 20, 2020, at 11:00AM at the Southern Ground Amphitheater, 301 LaFayette Avenue, Fayetteville, Georgia. Pastor Lorenzo L. Heard will officiate. Interment will follow in the Lincoln Cemetery, 2275 Joseph E. Boone Blvd., Atlanta, Georgia. Visitation will be held on today, Wednesday, August 19, 2020, from 1:00PM until 6:00PM at Young Funeral Home, 1107 Hank Aaron Drive SW, Atlanta, Georgia. The funeral service will be live streamed on Facebook Live. To get access you may visit Greater 2nd Mt. Olive Baptist Church...

Evangelist Lorene Watkins Stella of Albany, GA, passed away peacefully at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital on Thursday, June 18, 2020. She was 83 years old. Survivors include children Schalor Blackshear of Camden, NJ, Roosevelt Bowman Jr. of Oviedo FL, Tracy Price of Albany, GA, Raynard Watkins of Fredericksburg, VA, and Waltdel Watkins of Albany, GA, 15 Grandchildren, 17 Great Grandchildren, and a host of other family members and friends. A public viewing and reflection of her life will take place on Thursday, June 25, 2020 from 5:00pm - 8:00pm at Martin Luther King Memorial Chapels. A private Graveside Service will be held on Friday, June 26, 2020, at 10:00am at Rocky Hill Baptist Church...

ALBANY Catherine Hill Watson, 85, of Albany, Georgia departed this life Saturday, April 4, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be attended by ONLY immediate family on Saturday, April 11, 2020 in the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, 3512 Moultrie Road Albany, Georgia.

Albany-Rebecca Rose Conlon passed on April 2, 2020. A resident of Albany GA. She was born February 6. 1963 in Cambridge Ma to the late James M Curran and the late Louise (Kerrigan) Curran. She graduated from Melrose High School, received a bachelor's degree from The University of Massachusetts at Boston, and a Juris Doctorate from the New England School of Law. She was an avid reader and had an interest in politics. She was mechanically inclined performing maintenance work on the rental property she owned and managed in Albany GA. She is survived by her brother James M Curran, Jr and his fiancee Iwona Kolodziejczyk, her sister Margaret J Chirichetti and her husband Darren; her nieces...

Albany- David Nathan Ponthier, known to friends as "Poncho" and "Ragin Cajun", passed away on March 3, 2020 at the age of 61 years. A native of Albany, GA, David attended Dougherty Comprehensive High School. Upon graduation, he joined the United States Navy, where he served from from 1978 until 1982 aboard the USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2). After his service, he became an employee of M&M Mars where he worked for 17 years. Afterwards he was employed at Miller Coors Brewing Company for 21 years until his passing. David was also proud leader and union member of the International Association of Machinist Aerospace Workers Post 2699. David was known as an enthusiastic Georgia Bulldogs...

ALBANY - Mr. Henry Lee Jackson, Jr., 62 of Albany, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, March 1, 2020, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Homegoing Services will be conducted, Saturday, March 7, 2018, at 3:00PM at Greater United Green Baptist Church, 1512 South Philema Road. Pastor Andrew McDowell, Jr. will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held on today, Friday, March 6, 2020, from 9:00AM until 8:30PM at the funeral home. The family will receive friends at 1202 Rawson Drive.

ALBANY - Mrs. Ella Mae Glover Lovette, 76 of Albany, entered into eternal rest on Friday, February 28, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Homegoing Services will be conducted, Saturday, March 7, 2020, at 1:30PM at First Monumental Faith Ministries, 1506 Radium Springs Road. Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, 1210 Eight Mile Road, Albany, Georgia. Visitation will be held on today, Friday, March 6, 2020, from 1:00PM until 8:30PM at the funeral home.

ALBANY - Mr. Johnny B. Carter, 70 of Albany, entered into eternal rest on Friday, February 28, 2020 at his residence. Homegoing Services will be conducted, Saturday, March 7, 2020, at 11:00AM Gethsemane Worship Center, 1730 N. Madison Street. Bishop Frederick Williams, Sr. will officiate. Interment will follow in the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, 3512 Moultrie Road. Visitation will be held on today, Friday, March 6, 2020, from 9:00AM until 8:30PM at the funeral home. The family will receive friends at 208 Sundale Drive.

Ossie Virginia Garner was born in Dawson, Georgia on June 2, 1940 to the late Marie Brown Garner and Cleo Garner Sr. She was the granddaughter of the late Mary Brown and Sylvester Brown. Ossie met Arthur L. Lawson in Albany, Georgia while Arthur was a student at Albany State College. The couple married and relocated to Atlanta, Georgia later to his hometown of Jackson, Georgia. From this union two children were born, Anthony J. Lawson and Joni N. Lawson. Loving memories will be cherished forever by her two children, Anthony J. Lawson and Joni N. Lawson. Her siblings, Stella Garner Hicks, Cleo Garner, Jr., Joe Garner, Shirley Garner Richardson, and Roderick R. Garner. Sister-In-Laws,...

Albany-Ossie V. Lawson, 79, departed this life on Friday, February 14, 2020 in Albany. Homegoing services will be conducted Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 11am in the Doretha H. Payne Chapel, 1908 M. L. King Jr. Drive. Rev. Dr. J. A. Severson will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, 200 Cotton Ave. Visitation will be held today Friday, February 21, 2020 from 9-8:30pm.