Gary is survived by his wife of 45 years, Elsie Ruth Downey Mathews, his daughter, Hazel "Janel" Mathews Marcus and her husband Christopher, his granddaughter, Makenna Renee' Mathews, his sisters, Joyce Pipkin and her husband Eldon and Patty Mathews and his brother, John Mathews.
Gary is preceded in death by his parents, John Willis Mathews and Clara Marie Harlow.
A Visitation for Gary will be held Saturday, April 28, 2018 from 9:00 am until 11:00 am at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Hammond. A Funeral Service Celebrating Gary's Life will immediately follow visitation at 11:00am in the funeral home. Interment will be held on Monday, April 30, 2018, 12:00pm at the Northeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Rayville, Louisiana. Pallbearers are Christopher Marcus, Gabriel Ruiz, Billy Downey, Dwane Downey, Charles Greenlee, and Jerry Bradley. Honorary Pallbearers are Bernie Dufour, C. S. Hamilton and James Boyd.
Funeral arrangements entrusted to Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Hammond.
Published online by Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, Louisiana.
Gary is survived by his wife of 45 years, Elsie Ruth Downey Mathews, his daughter, Hazel "Janel" Mathews Marcus and her husband Christopher, his granddaughter, Makenna Renee' Mathews, his sisters, Joyce Pipkin and her husband Eldon and Patty Mathews and his brother, John Mathews.
Gary is preceded in death by his parents, John Willis Mathews and Clara Marie Harlow.
A Visitation for Gary will be held Saturday, April 28, 2018 from 9:00 am until 11:00 am at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Hammond. A Funeral Service Celebrating Gary's Life will immediately follow visitation at 11:00am in the funeral home. Interment will be held on Monday, April 30, 2018, 12:00pm at the Northeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Rayville, Louisiana. Pallbearers are Christopher Marcus, Gabriel Ruiz, Billy Downey, Dwane Downey, Charles Greenlee, and Jerry Bradley. Honorary Pallbearers are Bernie Dufour, C. S. Hamilton and James Boyd.
Funeral arrangements entrusted to Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Hammond.
Published online by Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, Louisiana.
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