Mildred Jackson Vann

Services for Mildred Jackson Vann of Thomasville are at 5:00PM on Saturday, May 17, 2003 at First Baptist Church. Rev. Dan Spencer will officiate. Mrs. Vann died May 14, 2003 at Camellia Gardens Nursing Home. She was born in Macon, Georgia where she attended Miller High school. She attended Weselyn College and the University of Georgia where she earned an AB degree in 1936. She earned a second degree from the University of Georgia, a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, in 1938. Mildred Vann married Thomas Heyward Vann of Thomasville, Georgia in 1938. Their early married life in Thomasville was interrupted by the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the immediate enlistment of Mr. Vann in the Armed services. During World War II, the couple lived in El Paso, Texas where Captain Vann served as Base Intelligence Officer for the Army Air Corpts at Biggs Field. While there, Mildred Vann took an active part in the Red Cross, the Woman's Club and her first child, Tommy, was born. After VE Day, Captain Vann attended Judge Advocate General school at the University of Michigan, and the couple resided in Atlanta, Georgia where Captain Vann served as JAG officer for the 4th Army Service Command until the spring of 1946. The couple the returned to Thomasville, Georgia where Mr. Vann resumed his law practice, and Mildred Vann became active in community affairs and her second child, Andy Vann, was born. In 1952 and 1953, Mildred Vann served as President of the Junior Service League. In 1959 and 1960 she served as President of the Parents Teachers Association in the Thomasville Public School System. From 1960 through 1970 she served as State Recommendations Chairman for the Tri Delta Sorority, and from 1964 through 1970 she was a director of the YMCA. From 1966 through 1968, she served as President of the Briarcliff Garden Club, and from 1968 through 1970 she served as President of the Garden Club Inc. In April of 2003, she was honored as a founding member of Briarcliff Garden Club. From 1972 through 1974 she served as director of the Women's Missionary Union of First Baptist Church, and from 1974 through 1976 she served as President of the Thomasville Woman's Club. In 1977 through 1981 she served as Regent of the Thomasville Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and in 1980 she joined the John Howell Chapter of the Colonial Dames of the Seventeenth Century and also served as President of that Organization. Mildred Vann was active in her local bridge club and played bridge every week with her club for over 60 years. She and her husband also played a weekly game of bridge with Red and Evie Milton for over 50 years. She attributed her alert mind and excellent memory in her years of declining health to her years of playing bridge. Mildred Vann is survived by two sons, Thomas H. Vann, Jr., and John Andrew Jackson Vann. She is survived by three grandchildren, Christopher Heyward Vann, Kathryn Lyn Vann and John Andrew Vann. The family will receive freinds at 407 E. Jefferson Street from 6-8PM on Friday. Visitors may sign the online guest register at www.allenfh.com .
ALLEN & ALLEN FUNERAL HOME