Mrs. Shelia Dunsford Mathis, 56, died Saturday, May 21, 2011 in a Pensacola, Fla., hospital. She was a native and lifelong resident of Jay, and attended the Ebenezer Assembly of God Church. She was preceded in death by her father, H.R. Dunsford.

She is survived by her husband, Jerry Wayne ‘Gator’ Mathis of Flomaton; two sons, Marcus Wayne (Cindy) Mathis of Century, Fla., and James Jeremy (Jennifer) Mathis of Pace, Fla.; two daughters, Gidget (Jeremy) Dortch of Flomaton, and Kendra Michelle Bonner of Jay; her mother, Azzelene Dunsford of Jay; five grandchildren; and two brothers, Henry Dunsford of Jay, and Jerry Lee (Barbara) Dunsford of East Milton, Fla.

Funeral services were held Monday, May 23, at 2 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with the Rev. Bobby Carnley and the Rev. Wayne Plotner officiating. Burial followed at Ebenezer Cemetery with Perry-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing.