Mr. Douglas Leon Mathis, age 65, of Armuchee, GA died Thursday, June 7, 2012 from injuries received in an automobile accident.
 
Mr. Mathis was born December 26, 1946 in Rome, GA, the son of the late Henry
Eugene Mathis and Hattie Lee King Mathis.  He was a farmer and a Board Member of Farm Bureau and a member of Young Farmers.  He was a member of Little Sand Mountain Baptist Church.  Mr. Mathis was a veteran of the United
States Army, having served in Vietnam.
 
Survivors include his wife, Sue Mathis; son and daughter-in-law,
Tim and Leann Mathis; daughter and son-in-law, Kim and Chris Godfrey;
grandchildren, Haley Mathis, Blake Mathis, and Chandler Godfrey.
 
Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p. m. Sunday, June 10, 2012 at
Little Sand Mountain Baptist Church, with Rev. Larry McCoy officiating.
Burial will follow in the Little Sand Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery
with full military honors by Shanklin-Attaway Post #5 Honor Guard.
Active pallbearers will be Greg Hurley, John Lowery, William Cargle,
Bill Turner, Stacy Gray, William Mitchell, Tommy Cargle and Marion Carter.
Honorary pallbearers will be Local Farmers and all Personal Friends.
 
Mr. Mathis will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will
receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Saturday, June 9, 2012.
He will also lie in state at the church from 3:00 p. m. until the service hour on
Sunday.  In lieu of flowers the family request memorials be made to Little
Sand Mountain Baptist Church at: Betty Youngblood, 1160 North Little
Sand Mtn. Road, Armuchee, GA   30105.
 
Mason Funeral Home is directing.  For guestbook, please go online to
www.masonfuneralhome.com