Barbara Ann Thames

Barbara Ann Thames, 78, of Albany, GA, passed away Friday, October 30, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Don Adams will officiate. Interment will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery.

Mrs. Thames was raised in Holden, West Virginia and graduated from Logan High School. Upon moving to Albany in 1963 she was a former head bookkeeper for Hasty House Restaurants. Barbara also held other bookkeeping and accounting duties with several local businesses including Doublegate Country Club and Draffin and Tucker, in addition to her tax return business. Mrs. Thames was preceded in death by her step son, Ben Alan Thames.

Survivors include her husband, Samuel Thames of Albany, GA, two daughters, Kimberly (Denis) Plette of Jacksonville, FL. and Pamela Thames (Ben) Baker, of Locust Grove, GA, Granddaughters, Heather Dawn Thames of St. Petersburg, FL., and Katie Snelson of Fort Lewis WA., and step-granddaughter, Kayla Baker of TX. Her adoptive family, Ted and Mary Stewart, Dot Owens and Charlie Hancock, Don and Melanie Hood, and Jeff and Lisa Hood all of Albany, GA. and adoptive grandchildren, Christy (Lee) Wilkerson, Tiffany Stewart, and Kristine (Gray) Jones all of Lee County, GA, Kelli Hood, Brandon Hood, and Dawson Owens all of Albany, GA, great-grandchildren, Anthony Dominy of Fort Lewis, WA and Allan Thames of St. Petersburg, FL., and adoptive great-grandchildren, Emily Wilkerson and Cooper Wilkerson of Lee County, GA, Connor (Reagan) Wilkerson of Tifton, GA and Levi Jones of Lee County, GA. and special friend Mildred Kemper.

The family will receive friends on Monday, November 2, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers those desiring may make memorials to The American Heart Association (donate.heart.org) or to The Albany Humane Society 1705 W. Oakridge Dr. Albany, GA 31707