Obituaries:  Dr. Barbara Gayle Matthews, Sabine Parish       M-320
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 31, 1996
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Dr. Barbara Gayle Matthews

  Funeral services for Dr. Barbara Gayle Matthews, 38, of
Weatherford, Okla., were held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 27,
1996, at the St. Eugene's Catholic Church in Weatherford. Father
Stephen Bird officiated. Burial followed in the Greenwood
Cemetery in Weatherford, under the direction of Lockstone Funeral
Home of Weatherford.

  Ms. Matthews was born on Oct. 9, 1957, in Many, to Peyton and
Verna (Ebarb) Matthews, and died Wednesday, Jan. 24, at
Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City. She was raised in Many,
and graduated from Many High School in 1972. She then attended
Northwestern State University, and she received two undergraduate
degrees, and her Masters. In 1987, she received her Doctorate
from North Texas State University in Denton, Texas. In 1989, she
moved to Weatherford, and in August of 1990, she became an
assistant Professor at Southwestern Oklahoma State University,
teaching Business Administration.

  She was a member of the Kiwanis Club, Chamber of Commerce,
Professional Woman's Group, Kappa Kappa Iota, and the National
Business Education Association, the Mountain-Plains Business
Education Association, and the Oklahoma Business Education
Association, MEACO, and Delta Pi Epsilon. She was also a sponsor
of the Circle K International, and Catholic Student Association.
She also attended St. Eugene's Catholic Church.

  Memorials may be made to the St. Eugene's Catholic Church
Building Fund.

  Ms. Matthews is survived by her mother, Verna Matthews of
Weatherford; two brothers, John C. Matthews of Canyon Lake,
Texas, and Timothy P. Matthews of Nebraska; and one sister, Ann
Matthews of Weatherford. She Was preceded in death by her father,
Peyton Matthews.