Clay County AlArchives News.....Mathews, Rev. B.W. & Sarah Celebrate 64th Wedding Anniverary  September 21, 1956
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Anniston Star September 21, 1956
The Rev. and Mrs. B. W. Mathews celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary at 
their home recently. They were married in Clay County on Sept. 4, 1892 by the 
Rev. W.M. Preston. 
The Rev. Mr. Mathews spent 45 years as a Baptist minister, in Clay County and 
five years as an associational worker. He entered this work in 1891 and said his 
life has been blessed in the Lord's work. The Rev. Mathews was 21 years old when 
he married his lovely his bride who was Miss Sarah Ingram. She was 18 years old. 
Both agreed their 64 years of marriage had been a very happy life together. 
The Rev. Mr. Mathews taught school in Cleburne County three years before 
becoming a minster and returning to his home county of Clay. Mrs. Mathews has 
lived in Clay County all her life. The Rev. Mr. Mathews was born in Georgia, but 
moved with us family to Clay County when he was a young boy and has spent most 
of his life here. 
He served as minister of 22 different churches. He was minister at Corinth 
Baptist for 14 years, the Center West Baptist Church 11 years and the Newell 
Baptist Church nine years. He served as minister of the. Good Hope Baptist 
Church 30 years. During his ministry he helped to organize four churches for 
which he served as their minister. He is very pleased that 16 of the boys who 
joined the church while he was minister have become outstanding ministers and he 
feels they are doing a wonderful work at this time. He fondly remembers that one 
of these minsters is a mute who joined the church where he was minister when he 
was young boy and has become an outstanding minister among the mutes.
Both the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Mathews are very mentally and physically alert. They 
live alone in their own home and Mrs. Mathews does most of her household work 
and the Rev. Mathews is still active in his church work though he is not now 
minister of a church. He still raises their own vegetables in their garden and 
keeps the yards mowed and clean. He still drives their automobile, and both are 
actively engaged in their neighborhood and town activities. 
The Rev. and Mrs. Mathews have five daughters, Mrs. J. B. Crews Lineville, Mrs. 
Felix Graben Lineville, Mrs. L. S. Alexander Lineville, Mrs. Carl Reeves 
Barfield, Mrs. Howard Lee, Lineville and one son E.B. Mathews Lineville........

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