Mrs. Geraldine "Gerri" Mathis Bone, 88, of Adel, Georgia, passed away September 11, 2015 at her residence. She was born January 6, 1927 in Nashville, Georgia to John D. "Dump" Mathis and Eliza Swain Mathis. She graduated from Poplar Springs High School in 1945 where she was a star basketball player. She also attended the Perry School of Business in Albany, Georgia and worked at B.C. Moore's in both Adel and Nashville. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Cecil and was not hesitant to share her testimony and love for Jesus with everyone she met.

Mrs. Bone is survived by her three children: Jan (Tommy) Hayes of Valdosta, Stanley Bone of Adel, Vicki (Brad) Bynum of Valdosta; four grandchildren: Marlie Drummond of Ellijay, Georgia; Jessie (Jason) Nelson of Kathleen, Georgia; Bradley Bynum of Oxford, Mississippi; and Aulden Bynum of Athens, Georgia; and two great-grandchildren: Baliegh Drummond and Morgan Drummond. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Fletcherd Bone; a daughter, JoBeth Bone; a grandson-in-law, Michael Drummond; and nine siblings: Jimmy Mathis, Dewey Mathis, Roy Mathis, Phoenia Mathis Goodin, Marshall Mathis, J.D. Mathis, Eliza Jane Mathis Beaty, Robert "Bob" Mathis, and Clyde Mathis.

The Bone family received friends Saturday, September 12, 2015 from 6 until 8 pm at Boone Funeral Home, 1804 S. Hutchinson Ave. in Adel. The funeral service took place Sunday September 13, 2015 at 2 PM at Fellowship Baptist Church with Rev. Ike Jefferson and Rev. Johnny Hendley officiating. Interment followed at Poplar Springs Cemetery in Berrien County. Bruce Mathis, Marshall Mathis, Gerald Griffin, Wayne Taunton, Cotton Hewitt and Franklin Luke served as active pallbearers; Sonny Odom, Rene Cowart, Webster Johnson, Ken Register, John Fulp, Larry Raines and Sonny Mathis served as honorary pallbearers. Members of Cecil Baptist Church sang "What A Day That Will Be" and "God On The Mountain" and Zach Johnson played "Beulah Land" on the keyboard. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.boonefunerals.com. --Boone Funeral home is serving the Bone family.