Doris LaVeren Harnage

A memorial service for Doris LaVeren Harnage of Ochlocknee is at 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at Whiddon-Shiver Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Dewayne Atkinson will officiate. Mrs. Harnage died Monday, Dec. 7 at Archbold Medical Center. Born Dec. 3, 1942, in Moultrie, Ga., she was a daughter of the late Herman Hollis Burdett and Corene Lynn Taylor. On August 30, 1985, she was married to Jimmy Robert Harnage. She was a homemaker and a member of Cairo Church of God. Survivors include her husband, Jimmy R. Harnage of Ochlocknee; daughter, Patricia Witherington of Cairo; son, Tommy Dale Stephens of Pavo; daughter, Teresa Lynn McMullen of Ochlocknee; stepchildren, Rebecca Anne Raynor, Jimmy Robert Harnage Jr., Carol Lynn Burgess all of Corbin, Ky.; brother, Hollis Burdette of Inverness, Fla.; 12 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and five stepgrandchildren. — Whiddon-Shiver Funeral Home



Patricia Anne Pollock

A private graveside funeral service for Patricia Anne Pollock, 66, of Albany, Ga., is at 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 10, 2009, at Midway Baptist Church Cemetery in Thomas County. A celebration of life service follows at 2 p.m. at Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany. The Rev. Michael Catt and the Rev. Jim McBride will officiate. Honorary pallbearers are members of the Exchange Club of Albany and the ordained staff at Sherwood. Mrs. Pollock died Dec. 8. A native of Savannah, Mrs. Pollock grew up in Meigs and graduated from Pelham High School in 1961. She had lived in Albany since 1970 moving from Atlanta. Mrs. Pollock was a graduate of Darton College and Georgia Southwestern University, where she received her degree in early childhood education. She taught kindergarten at Sherwood Christian School and initiated the kindergarten program at Sunnyside Baptist Church. She was a member of Sherwood Baptist Church and taught the Agape Sunday School Class. Survivors include her husband, the Rev. Tom Pollock of Albany, Ga.; two sons, Thomas H. (Tommy) Pollock Jr. and his wife, Nan of Albany, Michael D. Pollock of Atlanta; two daughters, Lisa Ryan and her husband, Todd of Marietta, Cindy Yost and her husband Ted of Maitland, Fla.; five grandchildren, Todd Ryan Jr., Hannah Yost, Patrick Yost, Stephen Yost and Abigail Yost. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m., Friday at the church. Those desiring may make donations to Generations c/o Sherwood Baptist Church, 2201 Whispering Pines Road, Albany, Ga. 31707. Visitors may sign the online guest register at www.mathewsfuneralhome.com. — Mathews Funeral Home, Albany