Greensboro News & Record (NC) - Sunday, August 10, 2003
Mrs. Rebecca Emerson Matthews, 91, died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2003, at Wesley Long Nursing Center.
The funeral will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11, 2003, at Hanes-Lineberry Vanstory Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Robert L. Glasgow. Burial will follow in Guilford Memorial Park.
A native of Mt. Airy, Va., Mrs. Matthews was a daughter of the late George Lawson Emerson and Snowie Reynolds Emerson. She was a member of Florida Street Baptist Church. After 28 years of service, she retired from Southern Bell. Rebecca was a skilled seamstress; sewing and quilting for her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred C. Matthews; sisters, Lora E. Raynor and Avis E. Hester; brothers, Lawson Emerson and Wilson Emerson; and grandson, William Andrews Matthews.
She is survived by her daughters, Janice Matthews Holder and Ruth Matthews Thomas and husband, William E. Thomas; son, Alfred C. Matthews, II, all of Greensboro; brother-in-law, J. Melvin Raynor; seven grandchildren, Phillip Holder, Dale Holder and wife, Tammy, Rhonda Johnson, Brad Thomas and wife, Brenda, Rusty Matthews, Jason Matthews and wife, Debbie and Gentry Matthews and wife, Julie; and eight great-grandchildren, Stephanie Holder, Matthew Holder, Chase Holder, Madison Holder, Jennifer Johnson, Joshua Johnson, Cayden Matthews and Holden Matthews.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003, at the funeral home.
Memorials may be directed to Florida Street Baptist Church, 1403 W. Florida St., Greensboro, NC 27403.
Greensboro News & Record (NC) - Sunday, August 10, 2003
Mrs. Rebecca Emerson Matthews, 91, died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2003, at Wesley Long Nursing Center.
The funeral will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11, 2003, at Hanes-Lineberry Vanstory Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Robert L. Glasgow. Burial will follow in Guilford Memorial Park.
A native of Mt. Airy, Va., Mrs. Matthews was a daughter of the late George Lawson Emerson and Snowie Reynolds Emerson. She was a member of Florida Street Baptist Church. After 28 years of service, she retired from Southern Bell. Rebecca was a skilled seamstress; sewing and quilting for her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred C. Matthews; sisters, Lora E. Raynor and Avis E. Hester; brothers, Lawson Emerson and Wilson Emerson; and grandson, William Andrews Matthews.
She is survived by her daughters, Janice Matthews Holder and Ruth Matthews Thomas and husband, William E. Thomas; son, Alfred C. Matthews, II, all of Greensboro; brother-in-law, J. Melvin Raynor; seven grandchildren, Phillip Holder, Dale Holder and wife, Tammy, Rhonda Johnson, Brad Thomas and wife, Brenda, Rusty Matthews, Jason Matthews and wife, Debbie and Gentry Matthews and wife, Julie; and eight great-grandchildren, Stephanie Holder, Matthew Holder, Chase Holder, Madison Holder, Jennifer Johnson, Joshua Johnson, Cayden Matthews and Holden Matthews.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003, at the funeral home.
Memorials may be directed to Florida Street Baptist Church, 1403 W. Florida St., Greensboro, NC 27403.
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