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James H. Mayton, 85, of Albany, died Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at Palmyra Medical Centers. His funeral service will be SATURDAY 11AM at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. The Rev. Finbarr Stanton will officiate. Following the funeral service, Mr. Mayton will be cremated and his cremated remains will be buried at Andersonville National Cemetery on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 10 AM with military honors. Mr. Mayton was born in LaFollette, TN and had lived in Albany since 1962. He was a mem...

Lt. Commander, USN (Ret’d), Henry Furman Holman, 86 of Albany died March 7, 2010 at Phoebe Putney memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Wednesday 11 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Dr. Biff Coker and Rev. Tim Olds officiating. Born May 31, 1924 in Ft. Bragg, NC to the late Ben and Bessie Hartley Holman. Mr. Holman moved to Albany in June of 1966 where he reported for duty at the United States Naval Air Station. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, Korea and Vietnam ret...

Charles (Charlie) Henry Heinemann, Jr. 91, died peacefully at his home on March 3, 2010. He was born in Petersburg, VA in 1919 and was the only son of Charles Henry Heinemann, Sr. and Florence Marshall Heinemann. Charlie attended public schools in Petersburg and went to Hampton-Sydney College where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. In 1939 the family moved to Albany and he became an officer in the Albany Peanut Company. He also served on the board of directors of the Southern Peanut ...