Obituaries
Albany Area

Gutha Dale Flewellen-Bell

ALBANY — Mrs. Gutha Dale Flewellen-Bell, 57 of 312 South Valencia Drive, died on August 11, 2008 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.

Meadows Funeral Home
Albany 229/439-2262

Betty Ann Bradshaw

ALBANY — Betty Ann Bradshaw, 52, of Albany, died Tuesday, August 12, 2008. Funeral arrangements to be announced. The family will be at the residence of her brother and sister- in-law, David and Diane Smith, 108 Meadow Grove Court, Leesburg, GA 31763.

Mathews Funeral Home
Albany 229/435-5657

Gayle Newton Manley

ALBANY — Gayle Newton Manley, Albany, GA died August 9, 2008.

His funeral service will be Thursday 11 a.m. at Kimbrell- Stern with interment to follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Donald M. Kea will officiate.

A native of Ft. Meade, FL, Mr. Manley grew up in Moultrie, GA and graduated from Moultrie High School in 1953. He was a 1958 graduate of Georgia Tech. He moved to Albany in 1964 to establish the M&M/ Mars Candy plant and worked as its Vice President/General Manager until 1975. Mr. Manley worked for the State of Georgia during Governor George Busbee’s administration from 1976-1981. Since 1981, he owned and operated his own real estate development company. Very active in local and state community service, Mr. Manley had served as a Director with the Phoebe Putney Hospital Foundation, Director with Security Bank and Past Director with American Savings and Loan, Founding Director and Chairman for over 20 years with the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG), Past Director with the Albany Chamber of Commerce, Past Director of Albany Water, Gas, and Light Commission, Past Director of the National Peanut Council, the Peanut Butter and Nut Salters Association, Past Trustee of Deerfield Windsor School, Past Director of the Southwest Georgia Developers Association, and Past Director and President of the Radium Springs Preservation Group, Inc. He was preceded in death by his son Alan Manley and a daughter Angela Manley Hoogstra.

Mr. Manley is survived by his wife DeLoyce S. Manley, Albany; a son: Chip Manley, San Diego, CA; 2 grandchildren: Michelle Hoogstra and Brandon Hoogstra; his mother: Jackie Newton Bailey, Moultrie, a brother: Leon Manley as wife June, Jesup.

The family will receive friends at Kimbrell-Stern on Wednesday from 6-7:30 p.m.

Those desiring may send memorials to the Willson Hospice House, c/c Phoebe Foundation, P.O. Box 1828, Albany, GA 31702.

You may sign the online guestbook and share your own memories with the family of Gayle Newton Manley by visiting Kimbrell-Stern’s website at www.kimbrestern.com.

Kimbrell-Stern
Albany 229/883-4152

Richard Handley Waller

ALBANY — Richard Handley Waller artist, poet, and lover of music.

”What if you had been a child put to work in a cotton field near Roanoke, AL, and ten years later you found yourself in a room with the Emperor of China? It happened to me, but I didn’t have the slightest idea who the man was.” This was the lead sentence to the autobiography Richard Waller was working on before his death. It also reflects on the extraordinarily interesting life he led.

Richard Handley Waller, 81, of Albany, GA, died of heart failure August 8 at Phoebe Putney Hospital, after a long illness. The body will be cremated as per Mr. Waller’s express wishes. He will be interred in Roanoke, AL, next to his beloved Mother, Father and Brother; Ethel George Waller Hedrick, Handley Saunders Waller and Thomas Eugene Waller. Mathews Funeral Home in Albany, GA is in charge of the arrangements. A graveside memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. (CST), Saturday, August 16, 2008, at Cedarwood Cemetery in Roanoke, AL. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Albany Symphony in memory of Richard Handley Waller.

Mr. Waller was born in Roanoke, AL, grew up in Newnan, GA, and served in the U.S. Army in Manila and Tokyo in Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s Headquarters. While he was in the service, his family moved to Albany, GA. In 1954, he received a BS degree from the School of General Studies of Columbia University in the City of New York, where he lived for twenty years. He returned to Georgia in 1970 and was retired from Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation. He made his home in Albany for over thirty years and was well known in the community.

Mr. Waller was a world traveler and enjoyed the art and architecture of the many countries he visited. He enjoyed his retirement in Albany and was a member and past president of the Georgia Artists Guild; a staunch supporter of the Albany Symphony; and a member of the Albany Writers Club. A talented writer who was not afraid to express his opinion on matters he cared about, Mr. Waller also often injected humor in his editorials and poems. Many will remember his letters to the editor in The Albany Herald’s “Squawk Box” and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Also a talented poet, he was the author of two books: ”Beethoven’s Brain and Other Poems”, which was used as part of the ticket sales for the Newport Music Festival in Newport, RI in 1995 and what he considered his highest achievement; and “The Famous God Said Sonnets.” He also composed music and lyrics; played the violin and the guitar. Always creative, he won awards as a talented painter and photographer.

Mr. Waller had an inquisitive mind, and was constantly reading and studying music, art, writing, religion, and, in later years, mastered the computer. He liked to point out that on his paternal great-grandfather’s gravestone is carved these words that also describe his life: ”He did what he could”. His wit and his e-mails will be sorely missed by his family and many friends. He loved to share his knowledge with all.

He was born a Baptist, but died a Universalist - one who believes that salvation is extended to all mankind. A life-long bachelor, he is survived by cousins on both sides of his family, Wallers and Georges, and by many nieces and nephews of his step-family, the Hedricks of Albany and Atlanta - some loved, some unloved; and, the feeling was mutual. He is also survived by his beloved cat, Prunella.

Mathews Funeral Home
Albany 229/435-5657

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