FEBRUARY 23, 1928 – FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Obituary of Ruth Matthews
Ruth Matthews, 92, of Pensacola, passed away February 1, 2021. She was born in Pensacola on February 23, 1928 to Thomas and Alice Hollihand. She was married to Dwight Irvin Matthews for 48 years.
She had a passion for making quilts, even for the homeless, embroidering and being a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, infant daughter Mary Alice, two brothers; Thomas and her twin Robert. Sisters; June Bobo, Virginia Smoot, and Sr. Mechtilde, O.S.B., great-granddaughter, Mariah McInnes, and great-grandson Samuel Matthews.
She is survived by her five sons; Thomas (Rosalie), Larry (Linda), Michael (Donna), Andrew, Alan (Lorelei), ten grandchildren, twenty-one great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren, her sister Annette Hollihand as well as many nieces and nephews.
Name: MATTHEWS, RUTH
Date of Birth: 02/23/1928
Date of Death: 02/01/2021
Buried At: SECTION 42 SITE 480
Cemetery: BARRANCAS NATIONAL CEMETERY
Cemetery Address: NAVAL AIR STATION, 1 CEMETERY ROAD PENSACOLA, FL 32508 Small map image
Telephone: (850) 453-4108
Relationships: WIFE OF MATTHEWS, DWIGHT IRVIN
Rank & Branch: CPL US ARMY
FEBRUARY 23, 1928 – FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Obituary of Ruth Matthews
Ruth Matthews, 92, of Pensacola, passed away February 1, 2021. She was born in Pensacola on February 23, 1928 to Thomas and Alice Hollihand. She was married to Dwight Irvin Matthews for 48 years.
She had a passion for making quilts, even for the homeless, embroidering and being a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, infant daughter Mary Alice, two brothers; Thomas and her twin Robert. Sisters; June Bobo, Virginia Smoot, and Sr. Mechtilde, O.S.B., great-granddaughter, Mariah McInnes, and great-grandson Samuel Matthews.
She is survived by her five sons; Thomas (Rosalie), Larry (Linda), Michael (Donna), Andrew, Alan (Lorelei), ten grandchildren, twenty-one great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren, her sister Annette Hollihand as well as many nieces and nephews.
Name: MATTHEWS, RUTH
Date of Birth: 02/23/1928
Date of Death: 02/01/2021
Buried At: SECTION 42 SITE 480
Cemetery: BARRANCAS NATIONAL CEMETERY
Cemetery Address: NAVAL AIR STATION, 1 CEMETERY ROAD PENSACOLA, FL 32508 Small map image
Telephone: (850) 453-4108
Relationships: WIFE OF MATTHEWS, DWIGHT IRVIN
Rank & Branch: CPL US ARMY
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