Rev. Claudine Louise (Ashley) Gatlyn

Rev. Claudine Louise (Ashley) Gatlyn, 82, was promoted to higher ground on Sunday, March 10, 2013. She was preceded in death by both her father and mother, Columbus H. Ashley and Maggie Lee (Brown) Ashley. She attended Lanier School in Macon, but graduated from American School in Chicago, Illinois. Claudine received Ministerial Training from American Bible College and Berean School of the Bible. In early years, she was employed by the prominent Macon Physician, Dr. Willard Golsan.

Married to the career Navyman, Daniel W. Gatlyn on August 10, 1954, Claudine became the matriarch of the Gatlyn Family and joined her husband in ministry for more than fifty years. She was Co-pastor of nine churches (four in Middle Georgia) and served as Evangelist, Counselor, and Missionary to the Far East for eleven years with the Assemblies of God, residing in Thailand, Taiwan, and the Philippines. In the latter, she became the First National Directory of Women's Aglow Fellowship, originating ministries countrywide. This post would lead her to speaking engagements in prominent churches and with the Pentagon and West Wing of the White House.

Claudine also served as Co-Director of Peach Christian Crisis Intervention from 1989-2010. As a member of the Board of Directors of the Retired Military Full Gospel Fellowship, she received two Senatorial Letters of Commendation from the Senate Armed Services Committee. Since she served more than fifty years in three separate ministries without compensation, the RMFGF Board elected to establish the Claudine Gatlyn Annual Award for Sacrificial Service to worthy candidates annually, the first to be given in 2013.

She is survived by her husband of fifty-eight years, Daniel W. Gatlyn, Sr., Macon, Georgia; sons, Daniel W. Gatlyn, Jr. (Barbara), Warner Robins, Georgia; and Don Gatlyn (Debbie), Vass, North Carolina; grandchildren, Tami Goddard (John), Bonaire, Georgia, Kristi Harrison (Stephen), Bonaire, Georgia, Samuel Gatlyn (Jessica), Charlotte, North Carolina, and Rebekah Fancher (Brandon), Charlotte, North Carolina; and four great-grandchildren, Taylor Goddard, Kael and Cedar Gatlyn, and Laef Fancher.

Visitation will be Tuesday, March 12, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at McCullough Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 in the chapel of McCullough Funeral Home with interment following in Andersonville National Cemetery. Reverend David Hicks will officiate with the aid of RMFGF Ministers and family members. The family will accept flowers or donations may be given to Retired Military Full Gospel Fellowship Ministries, 4343 Chickadee Lane, Macon, GA 31216.


Funeral Home:
McCullough Funeral Home
417 S. Houston Lake Rd.
Warner Robins, GA
US 31088