Jody Matthews, 46, passed away Saturday, August 21, 2021, at the University Medical Center in Jackson.
Funeral services are 11:00 am Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at Culpepper Funeral Home in Kosciusko with burial to follow at Shiloh Cemetery in Carmack. Visitation will begin at 9:30 am on Wednesday at Culpepper Funeral Home.
Jody is survived by: his wife, Kristie Gaskin Matthews, his daughter Ashley Matthews, his sons Kody Matthews, Kaleb Matthews and Sam Greene, his parents Ruth and Dan Matthews, his sister Lacey Rigby (Michael), his wife's parents Karen Ward (Rick) and Steve Gaskin (Linda).
Jody worked with the U S Corps of Engineer's and he had served in the military during The Irag conflict.
Jody served as a member of Mississippi Army National Guard and was Medically discharged after 21 years of service in July of 2013. Jody served as a Non-Commissioned Officer (E-5 Sergeant) in the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team. He retired as a member of Det 1, Alpha Btry, 2-114th Strike in Ackerman, Mississippi. He served as a Squad Leader of a mechanized infantry platoon in Operation Iraqi Freedom from January 2005 – December 2005 where he sustained injuries that eventually caused his medical discharge.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Arthur W. and Emma T. Matthews and Joseph Lightsey and Mattie Lynn.
Funeral services are 11:00 am Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at Culpepper Funeral Home in Kosciusko with burial to follow at Shiloh Cemetery in Carmack. Visitation will begin at 9:30 am on Wednesday at Culpepper Funeral Home.
Jody is survived by: his wife, Kristie Gaskin Matthews, his daughter Ashley Matthews, his sons Kody Matthews, Kaleb Matthews and Sam Greene, his parents Ruth and Dan Matthews, his sister Lacey Rigby (Michael), his wife's parents Karen Ward (Rick) and Steve Gaskin (Linda).
Jody worked with the U S Corps of Engineer's and he had served in the military during The Irag conflict.
Jody served as a member of Mississippi Army National Guard and was Medically discharged after 21 years of service in July of 2013. Jody served as a Non-Commissioned Officer (E-5 Sergeant) in the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team. He retired as a member of Det 1, Alpha Btry, 2-114th Strike in Ackerman, Mississippi. He served as a Squad Leader of a mechanized infantry platoon in Operation Iraqi Freedom from January 2005 – December 2005 where he sustained injuries that eventually caused his medical discharge.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Arthur W. and Emma T. Matthews and Joseph Lightsey and Mattie Lynn.
Jody Matthews, 46, passed away Saturday, August 21, 2021, at the University Medical Center in Jackson.
Funeral services are 11:00 am Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at Culpepper Funeral Home in Kosciusko with burial to follow at Shiloh Cemetery in Carmack. Visitation will begin at 9:30 am on Wednesday at Culpepper Funeral Home.
Jody is survived by: his wife, Kristie Gaskin Matthews, his daughter Ashley Matthews, his sons Kody Matthews, Kaleb Matthews and Sam Greene, his parents Ruth and Dan Matthews, his sister Lacey Rigby (Michael), his wife's parents Karen Ward (Rick) and Steve Gaskin (Linda).
Jody worked with the U S Corps of Engineer's and he had served in the military during The Irag conflict.
Jody served as a member of Mississippi Army National Guard and was Medically discharged after 21 years of service in July of 2013. Jody served as a Non-Commissioned Officer (E-5 Sergeant) in the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team. He retired as a member of Det 1, Alpha Btry, 2-114th Strike in Ackerman, Mississippi. He served as a Squad Leader of a mechanized infantry platoon in Operation Iraqi Freedom from January 2005 – December 2005 where he sustained injuries that eventually caused his medical discharge.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Arthur W. and Emma T. Matthews and Joseph Lightsey and Mattie Lynn.
Funeral services are 11:00 am Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at Culpepper Funeral Home in Kosciusko with burial to follow at Shiloh Cemetery in Carmack. Visitation will begin at 9:30 am on Wednesday at Culpepper Funeral Home.
Jody is survived by: his wife, Kristie Gaskin Matthews, his daughter Ashley Matthews, his sons Kody Matthews, Kaleb Matthews and Sam Greene, his parents Ruth and Dan Matthews, his sister Lacey Rigby (Michael), his wife's parents Karen Ward (Rick) and Steve Gaskin (Linda).
Jody worked with the U S Corps of Engineer's and he had served in the military during The Irag conflict.
Jody served as a member of Mississippi Army National Guard and was Medically discharged after 21 years of service in July of 2013. Jody served as a Non-Commissioned Officer (E-5 Sergeant) in the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team. He retired as a member of Det 1, Alpha Btry, 2-114th Strike in Ackerman, Mississippi. He served as a Squad Leader of a mechanized infantry platoon in Operation Iraqi Freedom from January 2005 – December 2005 where he sustained injuries that eventually caused his medical discharge.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Arthur W. and Emma T. Matthews and Joseph Lightsey and Mattie Lynn.
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