Jack Matthews Funeral Held Here Sept. 23
Funeral services were held Friday, Sept. 23, from Hubbard Funeral Chapel here for A. T. "Jack" Matthews, with Rev. D. L. R. McDougel officiating. Burial was in Masonic (Odd Fellows) Cemetery. Mr. Matthews died at 8:25 a.m., Sept. 21, in Youens Hospital, of a heart attack. He had been ill for several months.
A lifelong Weimar area resident, he was born January 9, 1907, at Borden, a son of John Y. and Lella (McMillan) Matthews. He married Felton Mayes on March 5, 1929.
He was the owner and operator of a service station here many years ago, and a milk hauler. For many years he was a dairy farmer, and in later years his main interests were farming and livestock.
His wife survives, along with a son and daughter-in-law, Harold Thomas and Sharon Matthews of Naples, Florida; a daughter, Mrs. Jacklyn Marak of Houston; one grandson, Randy Marak of Houston, and a great-granddaughter, Mindy Brandt; two brothers, Milton Matthews of Eagle Lake and T. R. (Roy) Matthews of Carmickle, Calif,; and three sisters, Mrs. H. M. Cliffe of San Antonio, Mrs. K. L. Wallace and Mrs. Anton Kocurek of La Grange.
Five brothers, two grandsons, two sons-in-law and a granddaughter-in-law preceded him in death.
Weimar Mercury, September 29, 1977
Jack Matthews Funeral Held Here Sept. 23
Funeral services were held Friday, Sept. 23, from Hubbard Funeral Chapel here for A. T. "Jack" Matthews, with Rev. D. L. R. McDougel officiating. Burial was in Masonic (Odd Fellows) Cemetery. Mr. Matthews died at 8:25 a.m., Sept. 21, in Youens Hospital, of a heart attack. He had been ill for several months.
A lifelong Weimar area resident, he was born January 9, 1907, at Borden, a son of John Y. and Lella (McMillan) Matthews. He married Felton Mayes on March 5, 1929.
He was the owner and operator of a service station here many years ago, and a milk hauler. For many years he was a dairy farmer, and in later years his main interests were farming and livestock.
His wife survives, along with a son and daughter-in-law, Harold Thomas and Sharon Matthews of Naples, Florida; a daughter, Mrs. Jacklyn Marak of Houston; one grandson, Randy Marak of Houston, and a great-granddaughter, Mindy Brandt; two brothers, Milton Matthews of Eagle Lake and T. R. (Roy) Matthews of Carmickle, Calif,; and three sisters, Mrs. H. M. Cliffe of San Antonio, Mrs. K. L. Wallace and Mrs. Anton Kocurek of La Grange.
Five brothers, two grandsons, two sons-in-law and a granddaughter-in-law preceded him in death.
Weimar Mercury, September 29, 1977
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