Mrs. Edna Medley Bowers

Mrs. Edna Joyce Medley Bowers of Albany, Georgia, passed peacefully from her residence into the waiting arms of her Lord early Sunday morning, October 30, 2022. Her oldest daughter/sole caregiver, Becki, was by her side. Mrs. Bowers was the fifth/last child born to Joseph Edgar Medley and Claudia Day Medley in Clio, Alabama. At an early age Mrs. Bowers moved with her family to Donalsonville, Georgia. She was a 1950 graduate of Seminole County High School. After graduation she attended Campbell’s Business School in Dothan, Alabama, making bookkeeping, accounting & office management her long career choices wherever life as an Air Force wife took them. She & her husband, Mr. Bobby J. Bowers, due to his military career, were fortunate to raise their three children in various parts of the United States and abroad but always considered Southwest Georgia home. Upon retirement from Puerto Rico, they retired in Albany. Once back home Mrs. Bowers became active in local business, first employed by Oxford Construction Company & later retired from Nut Tree Pecan Company. During those years she was active in her community and church, extending long after retirement. She was a busy volunteer with the American Lung Association of Georgia, being the recipient of their Breath of Life Award and was also named Volunteer of the Year for community service by Volunteer Albany. Mrs. Bowers was a member of Central Baptist Church and was dedicated to serving our Lord as a Sunday School teacher, director, in WMU, and participated in all activities of church life. She considered it a long-time joy & privilege being involved in the Calhoun State Prison Ministry. Mrs. Bowers is survived by her children: Becki Jeffcoat, Jim Jeffcoat (Jan), and Betsy Reeves (Jerry); 3 grandchildren: Sarah Jeffcoat Jones (Jordan), Lindsay Jeffcoat, and Joshua Reeves; and her most precious 3 great grandchildren: Henry, Evan, and Joy Jones; and cherished nieces, nephews, family and friends. Along with her parents, Mrs. Bowers is predeceased by her husband, Bobby J. Bowers; brothers: Pat, Coy and Loyce Medley; and a sister, Thelma Medley Willis. Special heartfelt Thanks goes to the following for truly being the hands, feet, heart of God during Mrs. Bowers time of need - Regency at Home Hospice, personal nurse Mrs. Mikkie Peters, neighbor, Mrs. Gail Whitney & dear “adopted daughter”, Mrs. Georgia Breeden. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Central Baptist Church Building Fund, 1618 W. 3rd. Ave., Albany, GA 31707, or Flint River Habitat for Humanity, 2815 Old Dawson Rd., Albany, GA 31707. A holiday gathering of family and friends is being planned to celebrate Mrs. Bowers 89 years of life and the 50th Christmas at her Albany home.

Mrs. Edna Medley Bowers

May 10, 1933 - October 30, 2022