Wilma Mathews Tedder

Graveside services for Wilma Jean Mathews Tedder, 58, of Pavo will be at 11:00 AM on Wednesday January 30, 2013 at Sunset Memorial Gardens. John Pritchett will officiate. Mrs. Tedder died on January 26, 2013. Born April 18, 1954 in Thomas Co., she was the daughter of the late Frank and Lydia Mitchell Mathews. Mrs. Tedder was a medical transcriptionist for Archbold Memorial Hospital and a member of Quitman Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witness. She was married to George B. Tedder, Jr., who survives. Other survivors include daughter and son in law, Sheila and Sammy Messer of Barwick; son Tony Tedder of Quitman and son and daughter in law Benny and Brandy Tedder of Whigham; grandchildren, Bridgett Rex, Ladon Messer, Alexis Hodum, Jordan Tedder, Dillon Tedder, Brenna Tedder, Zela Wilson and great grandchildren, Jayleigh Rex and Baylor Rex. Also surviving are sisters and brothers in law, Julie and Jack Sealey of Lee, FL, Ann and Leon Whatley of Moultrie, Martha and Gary Baldwin of Ochlocknee, Marcelle and Ricky Dixon of Murphy, NC; brother, Jimmy Mathews of Thomasville; brothers and sisters in law Ronnie and Lyndal Mathews of Pavo, Stanley and June Mathews of Ochlocknee; sister in law Linda Mathews of Ochlocknee and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother Adam Mathews, a sister Alene Collins and a sister in law, Shirley Mathews. Memorial contributions may be made to the Archbold Foundation Resource Center at Lewis Hall Singletary Oncology Center, in Memory of Wilma J. Tedder, 910 S. Broad St., Thomasville, GA 31792. The family will receive family and friends from 5 to 7 on Tuesday at Allen & Allen Funeral Home. Friends and family are invited to sign the online guest register at www.allenfh.com