Crisp County GaArchives Obituaries.....MATTHEWS JR., JAMES B. July 2, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: WYLIE SHEPPARD JR WYLIESHEPPARD@YAHOO.COM November 25, 2009, 12:35 pm CORDELE DISPATCH JAMES B. MATTHEWS JR. GRAVESIDE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JAMES B. MATTHEWS JR. 84,OF CORDELE WILL BE HELD AT 10 A.M. WEDNESDAY JULY 5, 2006. MR. MATTHEWS DIED SUNDAY JULY 2,2006 AT HIS RESIDENCE. HE WAS BORN TO THE LATE GERTRUDE SUITER MATTHEWS AND THE LATE JAMES B. MATTHEWS ON FRIDAY APRIL 14,1922 IN MONTOGEMERY COUNTY TENNESSEE. A RETIRED TEACHER WITH THE CRISP COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM, MR. MATTHEWS WAS A MEMBER OF CORDELE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH. HE WAS A U.S. ARMY VETERAN SERVING IN WORLD WAR II. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT THE FUNERAL HOME WEDNESDAY JULY 5,2006 FROM 9:00 UNTIL THE HOUR OF THE FUNERAL. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE WARRENA MATTHEWS OF CORDELE, TWO SONS JIMMY MATTHEWS OF ATHENS AND JEFF MATTHEWS OF DOUGLASVILLE, FOUR GRAND CHILDREN, A NIECE AND SEVERAL NEPHEWS. HUGHES AND WRIGHT IS IN CHARGE. Additional Comments: MR. MATTHEWS STAYED AT MY GRAND MOTHER'S HOUSE WHEN HE 1ST CAME TO CORDELE. MY AUNT RUTH SHEPPARD POSEY INTRODUCED HIM TO MS WARRENA AND THEY LATER MARRIED. HE WAS WELL RESPECTED AS THE BEST SR. ENGLISH TEACHER IN THIS AREA. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/obits/m/matthews12758ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb