Mrs. Ann Brown Peacock Voss

Mrs. Ann Brown Peacock Voss, 86, of Albany died Thursday March 23, 2017 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehab. Her funeral service will be at 11 AM on Monday, March 27, 2017 at First United Methodist Church with interment to follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Scott Stanfill will officiate. Mrs. Voss was born in Winston Salem, NC, and graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and from Mary Baldwin College. She had lived in Albany since 1954 when she accepted the Youth Director position at Covenant Presbyterian Church. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church for 61 years where she was a longtime Sunday School teacher and served on numerous committees and volunteer groups. Mrs. Voss was an active participant on many summer mission trips with First United Methodist Church. She received the Silent Servant Award from First Methodist in 2015. She also volunteered for Camp Good Grief with the Albany Community Hospice. She was an active member of the DAR. Mrs. Voss was well known as an educator. She obtained her teaching certificate from Georgia Southwestern in 1967 and began working as an English teacher at Albany High School in 1967-1968. In 1968, Graham Lowe asked her to join him at Deerfield School where she worked until 1999. In 1975, she received her Master’s Degree. In 1976, she became the guidance counselor at Deerfield School. Mrs. Voss continued her presence at Deerfield past her retirement in 1999 until her death. She was preceded in death by her first husband James Neely Peacock, Jr. in 1966 and later by his two children Anna Peacock Matthews and James Neely Peacock III; and her second husband Norman Edward Voss in 1984. Survivors include her children Melanie Peacock Shell and her husband Bob of Macon; Robert K. Peacock and his wife Esther of Sherman Oaks, CA; David N. Peacock and his wife Jodi of Albany. After her marriage to Mr. Voss, she added four more children to her family: Bonnie V. Baron, Dale N. Voss, Diane Voss and Gary Lee Voss; grandchildren Frances Shell Hill, Catherine Neely Shell, Susanna Nissen Shell, Philip Wesley Peacock, Samuel Shore Peacock, Margaret McCall Peacock, Catherine Wright Peacock, Mary Nissen Peacock; two great-grandchildren Elijah James Hill and Gabriel Paul Hill. The family will receive friends Sunday from 5:00 to 7:00PM at Kimbrell-Stern. Those desiring, please make donations to First United Methodist Church, 307 Flint Ave., Albany, GA 31701 or Deerfield Windsor School, 2500 Nottingham Way, Albany, GA 31707, or to your favorite charity.

Mrs. Ann Brown Peacock Voss

June 25, 1930 - March 23, 2017