Earline Matthews Wills

Mrs. Earline Matthews Wills, age 87, passed away on Monday evening, May 16, 2016, at Morningside Assisted Living in Albany. Funeral services are planned for 3:00 PM on Thursday, May 19, at Macedonia Baptist Church, with Rev. Lee Smith and Rev. Robert Orr officiating. Burial is to follow in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery. Grandsons and grandsons-in-law will serve as pallbearers. Friends may call at Mrs. Earline's home, 4242 Spanns Mill Road near Preston, or on Thursday between the hours of 2:00 & 3:00 PM at Macedonia Baptist Church. Born September 6, 1928 in Upson County, she was a daughter of the late Claude Matthews and Leola Franklin Matthews. Mrs. Wills was a member of Preston United Methodist Church, and was an entrepreneur, making wedding cakes and other cakes and decorating them. She also sold hosiery and worked at a café in Preston. She worked hard all her life, and was a faithful helper to her farmer husband, Oscar Ray Wills, Jr., who preceded her in death in 2012. Survivors include four daughters: Beverly Smith of Bluffton, SC, Phyllis King (Phil) of Albany, Marilyn Kaye Wills of Preston, and Betty Anne Eschmann of Preston; seven grandchildren: Melanie Dale (Tony), Kevin King (Sarah), Ted Eschmann (Ashley), Anna Gosa (Jon), Cameron Smith (Ashley), Ray Eschmann (Anna), and Jeffery Eschmann (Lauren); ten great-grandchildren: Luke Smith, Zack Smith, Caden Eschmann, Eli Eschmann, Daisy Eschmann, Emilee Dale, Landon Dale, Dakota King, Cullen King, and Aulden Gosa, and two more great-grandchildren expected soon; a sister, Christine Moye (Gene) of Young Harris; a brother-in-law, Dennis Wills of Preston; and a sister-in-law, Mary Wills of Plains. For those wishing to do so, memorial contributions are suggested to the Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011, or online at alz.org. To sign our online guestbook and express your condolences to the family, please visit www.hancockfuneralhomeinc.com Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., is honored to be entrusted with these arrangements for Mrs. Earline Matthews Wills.