Sylvia Scarborough Vann

Sylvia Scarborough Vann, 89, of Leesburg, GA passed away Friday, August 2, 2024, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday, August 9 at 11:00 a.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Albany. Dr. William Coker will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.

Born in Manchester, NC and raised in Fort Valley, GA, she was a graduate of Fort Valley High School and Auburn University where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. She taught algebra and geometry at Lee County High School for many years and served on the Lee County Board of Education.

She was an active member of Covenant Presbyterian Church and a former member of the First Baptist Church of Albany.

She was preceded in death by her husband G. Lawson Vann of Leesburg, her father James Carlton Scarborough and her mother Ida Mae Hinson Scarborough of Fort Valley.

Survivors include her son George L. Vann, Jr. (Teresa) of The Woodlands, TX, her son C. Carlton Vann of Fredericksburg, VA, and her son James P. Vann (Lisa) of Alexandria, VA, and her grandchildren Jackson Vann, Alexander Vann, Isabella Vann, and Scott Scharinger.

The family will receive visitors on Thursday, August 8 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Kimbrell-Stern at 1503 Dawson Road in Albany. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.

To share a memory with the Vann Family or to sign our online guestbook, please visit www.kimbrellstern.com