Hyman Ruby Helen

Ruby Helen Pearson Hyman, 67, of Mitchell County, GA, died December 7, 2011 at her daughter's residence in Sasser, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Sister Brenda Yon will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.

A native of Cedar Springs, GA, born to the late Byrd and Clory Bell Pearson, Mrs. Hyman had resided in the Albany area for over fifty years. She was employed with the Mitchell County Georgia School System as a nutritionist and bus driver for thirty years. A humble and gracious lady, she loved to solve jigsaw and crossword puzzles, and her talents in the kitchen were second to none. She strove to follow Christ in all she did, and her faith and family were the central aspects of her life. Mrs. Hyman was of the Pentecostal faith and was preceded in death by a grandson, Josh Aumsbaugh, three brothers, Houston Pearson, Larry Pearson, James Pearson and two sisters, Ada Mae Tillery and Ollie Brown.

Survivors include her husband, Lewis Hyman of Albany, GA, three daughters, Sylvia Ford and her husband, Donald of Cleveland, TN, Deborah Wilson and her husband, John of Sasser, GA and Mary Aumsbaugh and her husband, David of Albany, GA, five grandchildren, Courtney Ford of Cleveland, TN, Daniel Buckner of Athens, GA, Sarah Buckner of Moultrie, GA, Andy Aumsbaugh of Bronwood, GA and Zach Aumsbaugh of Albany, GA, four great-grandchildren, Jayden Buckner, Brinston Buckner, Laylin Aumsbaugh and Aubree Aumsbaugh, three sisters, Willie Bell Irvin of Webb, AL, Alice Faye Culpepper of Headland, AL and Martha Tillery of Dothan, AL and numerous neices and nephews.

The family will receive friends Friday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.

The family will be at the residence of Deborah and John Wilson, 111 Railroad Street, Sasser, GA 39885.