Alice Lundy Childs Golson, 95, passed away on January 20, 2021. A private memorial service will be held for her at Highview Cemetery in Gray with Rev. Barry Collins officiating.
Born on March 19, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Dauphin Vesro Childs and Florence Greene Childs. A life-long resident of Gray, she graduated from Jones County High School in 1942. She attended Wesleyan College where she received a degree in English in 1945. For several months she worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga as a cartographer. When WWII ended, she returned to Gray and was employed by the Jones County Board of Education as a visiting teacher. She later taught English classes at Jones County High School until her retirement in 1985. During her 30 years of teaching, Mrs. Golson was named STAR teacher four times.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gray since 1948 and was also a member of Oliver Morton Chapter D.A.R., a former member of Delta Kappa Gamma, and a charter member of Pilot Club of Jones County. For more than 25 years Mrs. Golson served as a Director for the Bank of Gray.
She enjoyed family vacations at St. Simons as well as traveling with her husband on golf trips with friends and touring many destinations around the US and Canada.
She always had a love for reading, but her true joy in life was being with her family, including her brothers, sisters, in-laws, nieces, and nephews. For 45 years she and her husband looked forward to hosting Christmas dinner in their home, often with 100 or more family members and friends.
Preceding her in death was her husband of sixty-two years, Francis Waverly Golson, whom she married on April 14, 1946. Also preceding her in death were her brothers Thad Childs, D.V. Childs, Jr., John Childs, Frank Childs, Floyd Childs, and Howard Childs, sisters Ruth Childs Hawkins and Florence Childs Dooley, and granddaughter Elise McMichael.
Mrs. Golson is survived by her son Francis Waverly Golson, Jr. (Beth), her daughters Lynn Golson Priester (David) and Ruthie Golson McMichael (Sam), grandchildren Francis W. Golson III (Victoria) of Columbia, SC, Clare Golson Rauls (Wesley), Florence Priester, David Priester, Jr., Dr. Alice Lynn McMichael (Matthew Rossi) of Lansing, Michigan, and Samuel Parks McMichael, Jr. (Erin), great-grandchildren Alice Rauls, Martha Rauls, Sam McMichael, III, and Linley McMichael, her sisters-in-law, and many nieces and nephews and their families who were very special to her.
The family wishes to thank the staff at Zebulon Park in Macon for their care and support for more than eight years. They also appreciate the friends, relatives, and former students who showed their love for her through their cards, thoughts, and prayers.
Gifts in her memory may be made to the church or charity of one’s choice.
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Hart’s Jones County Chapel, Hart's Mortuary and Cremation Center, 307 Pecan Lane, Gray, GA 31032 has charge of the arrangements.
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