Dougherty-Worth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Shaw, Alan Edward October 23, 2002
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The Albany Herald - Obituaries
Alan Edward Shaw

SYLVESTER — Alan Edward Shaw, 63, died Wednesday, October 23, 2002, at Phoebe 
Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA, from injuries suffered in an accident.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Banks Funeral Chapel with cremation to 
follow.

Mr. Shaw was born February 16, 1939, in North Weymouth, Mass., to Carleton Ford 
Shaw and Madeline Vivian (Means) Shaw. Besides North Weymouth, Mr. Shaw lived 
in Rockland Houghs Neck, Rutland, Jefferson, Brookfield and North Brookfield, 
where he resided for 32 years before moving with his parents to Georgia.

Mr. Shaw was educated at the Upsala Street School, Worcester, Mass., public 
schools in Jefferson, Brookfield and North Brookfield, Mass., and graduated 
from The American School for the Deaf, West Hartford, Conn. He had received a 
Certificate of Participation Award from Lions Learning Rehabilitation and 
Independent Living Center and a Personal Achievement Award from AARC. He 
managed the Lashaway Tepee Gift Shop, East Brookfield, Mass., and later ran 
Shaw's Portable Appliance Store, North Brookfield, Mass. Mr. Shaw was a 
talented woodworker and artist until prevented by muscular dystrophy.

A resident of Sylvester, GA, for 20 years, Mr. Shaw was a familiar sight around 
town as he visited friends in his motorized wheelchair. He was loved by all who 
knew him for his cheerful outgoing personality, his humor, kindness and 
independent spirit. Mr. Shaw was preceded in death by his parents and his aunt, 
Natalie (Means) Hall of San Diego, CA. He leaves two sisters, Jeannette K. Shaw-
Lynch, Fargo, ND, and Laurel T. Shaw Leslie, West Brookfield, MA; two nieces, 
Kara (Lynch) Dalton (Ian), North Grafton, MA, and Erin (Lynch) Cooper 
(William), Aberfoyle, Scotland; a nephew, Derek A. Lynch (Susan Schwan), Osseo, 
MN; two grandnephews, Jack and Jordan Dalton; a grandniece, Rachel Cooper; 
cousins, Mike and Georgia Bronson, Lake Jackson, GA; Phillip Hall and Candy 
McFall, New Smyrna Beach, FL, and Lance and Linda Hall, Richardson, TX.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Muscular Dystrophy 
Association, 2846-B Remington Green Circle, Tallahassee, FL 32308, or Easter 
Seals, 1906 Palmyra Road, Albany, GA 31701, or Albany Advocacy Resource Center, 
2616 Pointe North Blvd., Albany, GA 31721, Attn: Annette Bowling.

Banks Funeral Home 

Sylvester 229/776-2055 



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