Mary Lillian Law

Mary Lillian Law, 91, of Sumner, GA, formerly of Lee County, GA, died May 29, 2023 at Camellia Gardens Life Center.  Funeral services will be held Friday, June 2, 2023 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home.  Derrick Law will officiate.  A private interment will follow at 2:00 pm at Andersonville National Cemetery

Lillian was born on May 2, 1932 in Buena Vista, GA to the late Albert and Ruby Simmons.  She graduated from Marion County High School in 1949 and married James Law on August 9, 1949.  Lillian and James moved to Albany, GA in 1980 from Montoursville, PA.

She was employed as a Bookkeeper with Albany Hardware Company for 26 years and was a member of Union United Methodist Church in Buena Vista, GA.  Lillian moved to Sumner, GA to live with her son and daughter-in-law in 2020.  She was a member of the Heart of Georgia Corvair Club, Atlanta Corvair Club and the Artesian City Car Club.

Survivors include her children, Chris (Joan) Law of Sumner, GA and Pat (Bill) Taylor of St. George, UT, her siblings, Willie Harper of Americus, GA, Nell (Jimmy) Icard of Bonaire, GA, Grace Cross of Jefferson City, MO and Barney (Ann) Simmons of Fayetteville, NC, her grandchildren, Derrick (Valerie) Law of Williamston, SC, Wade (Jessica) Law of Piedmont, SC and Emily Taylor of Ft. Collins, CO, and her great-grandchildren, Kenly Law of Williamston, SC, Ruby and Tessa Law of Piedmont, SC.

The family will receive friends Friday from 10:00 am until 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers those desiring may make memorials in memory of Lillian to The Corvair Preservation Foundation, P.O. Box 68, Long Lake, MN, 55356 or to The Draneville Union Church Cemetery Fund, 2215 GA Hwy 41 South, Buena Vista, GA, 31803.