Madeline J. Woodward

1919 – February 22, 2019

MRS. MARY MADELINE JAMIESON WOODWARD, age 99, of Eastman, GA, died Friday, February 22, 2019 in Athens, GA.

Obituary for Madeline J. Woodward

MRS. MARY MADELINE JAMIESON WOODWARD, age 99, of Eastman, GA, died Friday, February 22, 2019 in Athens, GA.

    Memorial services will be held at 1:00PM Saturday, March 2, at Southerland Funeral Chapel, with Dr. Jerry Peele officiating with interment in Sand Grove Cemetery in Milan.

    Mrs. Woodward was born in Dodge County and was a member of Eastman First Baptist Church.  She was a retired underwriter for Independent Life Insurance Company in Jacksonville, FL and moved back to Eastman at age 85.  While she had no children of her own, she was a mother to many, including her siblings and all of her nieces and nephews.  Affectionately known as Tooka, she had the gift of encouragement and was a positive presence in the lives of those who were blessed to have known her.  She enjoyed reading books and her daily devotions, gardening, decorating and making window treatments for the homes of all her friends and family.  Madeline was blessed to live 99 years with clarity of mind and enjoyed working the crossword puzzles daily.  She is widow of the late Sanborn Chase Woodward and was preceded in death by her parents, Pauline McCranie Jamieson and Charlie Lee Jamieson and 5 siblings, William H. “Bud” Jamieson, Gladys J. Donahoo, Laura J. Smith, C.H. “Jim” Jamieson and Julia J. “Judy” Mills.

    Survivors:  1 Sister – Shirley Jamieson Harrell of Athens, GA;  1 Sister-in-law – Laverne Jamieson of Eastman;  Numerous Nieces, Nephews, and Cousins.

    The family will receive friends in Southerland Funeral Chapel from 12:30-1:00PM before services.  In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital or Eastman First Baptist Church Building Fund.


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