Mrs. Geraldine "Jerry" Deaver Newman

Geraldine Deaver Newman (Jerry), 96, died on November 28, 2014, after a brief illness at Willson Hospice House in Albany. Funeral services will be Monday December 1, 2014, 2:00 PM at First United Methodist Church. Dr. Don Adams and Rev. Scott Stanfill officiating, Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Mausoleum. The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service at First United Methodist Church. Born November 20, 1918, in Union County, Georgia to Dr. Emory Speer and Mrs. Ida Bell Conley Deaver, she graduated from Union Point High School in Union Point, Georgia. Thereafter, she completed a Business Course at Monroe High School, Monroe, Georgia and attended LaGrange College where she was a member of the Student Council and the Glee Club. Following her graduation in 1941, she taught one year at Nelson High School in Nelson, Georgia. In the summer of 1942, she moved to Albany to do secretarial work at Darr Aero Tech, the primary training school for the Air Force. In 1945, she married Franklin Pierce Newman. In 1963, she returned to teaching; after a year at Morningside Elementary School, she transferred to Merry Acres Middle School, and remained there until she retired in 1981. She was a member of First United Methodist Church for more than 65 years, where she was a member of the Elnora Hawk Sunday School Class and the United Methodist Women. After retiring from teaching, she volunteered in many areas at First United Methodist Church. She was also a member of Chapter A H P.E.O. Sisterhood. She is survived by two sons, Franklin Pierce Newman, Jr. (Debbie) of Dublin, Georgia, and William Deaver Newman (Brett) of Albany, Georgia; two grandchildren, Wendy Newman Henderson (Lance) of Columbus, Georgia, and Brent Baxter Newman (Melissa) of Dublin, Georgia; two great-grandsons, Bradley Aiken Taylor, Columbus, Georgia, and Grant Arthur Newman, Dublin, Georgia; two great-granddaughters, Kelsey Henderson and Emily Henderson, Columbus, Georgia. She is also survived by a nephew, Richard C. Deaver (Barbara), North Carolina, and a niece, Debbie Deaver Valentine, McDonough, Georgia. She was predeceased by her husband Franklin P. Newman, Sr., her parents Dr. & Mrs. Emory S. Deaver and brother, Clarence H. Deaver. Those desiring, please make memorials to First United Methodist Church P.O. Box 448, Albany, GA 31702 or P.E.O. Chapter AH, 3619 Jenny Ln. Albany, GA 31721.

Mrs. Geraldine "Jerry" Deaver Newman

November 20, 1918 - November 28, 2014