Dougherty County GaArchives Obituaries.....Whiting, Adelyn Pate December 2, 2009
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Adelyn Pate Whiting, 89, died Wednesday, December 02, 2009 at Morningside of 
Albany.  She was the youngest  child of Thomas Elijah Pate and Gertrude Jackson 
Pate and was born on October 5, 1920 in Albany, GA.  She attended Albany 
schools, graduating from Albany High School in 1937 and continued her education 
at Huntington College in Montgomery, AL.  While at Albany High, she was 
selected as Miss U-Save-Drugs and was selected as Miss Albany IN 1937.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at First United Methodist 
Church of Albany.  Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM until service time at 
the church.  Dr. Don Adams will officiate.  A private entombment will follow at 
Crown Hill Cemetery.

In 1938, she married Deming Whiting of Camilla, GA, a marriage of almost 60 
years that ended with his death in 1996.  She is survived by a son, Julian 
Deming Whiting, Jr., and his wife, Ruth of Albany, GA, a daughter, Martha 
Whiting Rush of Tallahassee, FL and her husband, John, five grandchildren, 
Rebecca Upton Cates and her husband, Cris of Albany, GA, Hollis Whiting Mayher 
and her husband, Brant of Simpsonville, SC, Julian Deming 
“Jay” Whiting, III, and his wife, Tori, Frances Whiting Campbell and her 
husband, Stewart and Katherine Whiting Henry and her husband, Bo all of Albany, 
GA, as well as step-grandchildren, Ken Drawdy, Jr. and his wife, Stephanie of 
Albany, GA and Chris Rush and his wife, Rachel of Phelan, CA.  Great-
grandchildren include, Jessica and Charlotte Cates of Athens, GA, Richmond and 
Pate Mayher of Simpsonville, SC, Church Whiting of Albany, GA and Finn Campbell 
of Albany, GA and step-great-grandchildren, Daylor Drawdy, Abi Drawdy, Thomas 
Sullivan of Albany, GA and Tara and Rhiannon Rush of Phelan, CA and a special 
caregiver, Beatrice Bullock (Miss B).
Mrs. Whiting was a lifetime member of the First United Methodist Church, the 
United Methodist Women and the Fellowship Class, which her husband taught for 
many years.  She was also a member of the Town and Country Garden Club, Albany 
Hospital League, Junior League of Albany, Thronateeska DAR, Albany Junior 
Woman’s Club, a Golden Key volunteer and the Phoebe Northwest Golden Striders. 

The family is at the residence of Julian and Ruth Whiting, 2315 MacGregor 
Court, Albany, GA 31721.  

Those desiring may make donations to: Albany Community Hospice, 2332 Lake Park 
Dr., Albany, GA 31707 or the J. Deming Whiting Ministerial Scholarship Fund c/o 
First United Methodist Church, 307 Flint Ave. Albany, GA 31701. 

Mathews Funeral Home
229-435-5657



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