Lucille Mathews Mashburn, 90, of Tifton died Sunday, January 4, 2009, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Chula. Rev. Larry Layfield will officiate with burial to follow in Waterloo Cemetery. Melton Bennett, Farrell Bennett, Darrell Bennett, Randy Mobley, Ryan Luna, Doyle Ezell, Steven Mobley and Tracy Ezell will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to the service.
Mrs. Mashburn was born on August 12, 1918 in Dooly County and was the daughter of Joseph David Mathews and Tula Homer Purvis Mathews, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Doyle William Mashburn; one daughter, Betty Lou Chambliss; one granddaughter, Bertha Lou Mobley; one grandson, Matthew Todd Mashburn; and one sister, Mildred Wright. She retired from Carriage Cleaners and was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Chula.
Mrs. Mashburn is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Royce and Dorothy Mashburn of Swartz Creek, Michigan and Carlton and Kay Mashburn of Tifton; three daughters and sons-in-law, Bertha and Larry Grubbs of Tifton, Marie and Jim Luna of Durand, Michigan and Brenda and Nolan Bennett of Sparks; one brother, Joseph David Mathews, Jr. of Bonifay, Florida; three sisters, Gladys Mashburn of Tifton, Ernestine Causey of Moultrie, and Ozella Fowler of Tifton; 19 grandchildren; and 39 great grandchildren.