Obituary: Willie May Spruill Matthews, Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Extracted from The Tensas Gazette, Page 6-Wednesday, October 4, 2000
Submitted by Edith Ziegler

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Page 6-Wednesday, October 4. 2000
Willie May Spruill Matthews

Lifelong St. Joseph resident, Willie May Spruill Matthews, 
passed from this life on September 15, 2000, Mrs. Matthews 
died at home in her sleep after several years of failing 
health.

Visitation was held on Sunday night in the chapel at Comer 
Funeral Home in Ferriday, Louisiana.

Funeral services were held at the St. Joseph First Baptist 
Church on Monday September 18, 2000. Dr. Ray Robbins, and 
Dr. Kelly Barnett, both longtime friends of the family, 
officiated at the church and graveside. Serving the family 
as pallbearers were  Ernie Armstrong, Rick Foster, Vic 
Mahoney, Jr., Gus Francis, Perry Eppinette and Whit Jones.

Mrs. Matthews is survived by her mother, Mrs. H. L. Spruill; 
her sister, Mrs. Carolyn McCougan and a nephew, Scott McGougan; 
three children, Mrs. Kimberley Long of Shreveport, Mrs. Colleen 
Calvitt and husband, Matt, of Newellton, and Mr. Christopher 
Matthews and wife, Dawn, of Vidalia; her grandchildren, Cliff, 
Cole, Keith, Nicholas, Tara, Brooke, Brian, Christopher and Anna, 
and a great Grandson, Shay.

Mrs. Matthews was a member of the St. Joseph Garden Club, Alpha 
Omicorn Pi Sorority and was also a member of the First Baptist 
Church in St. Joseph. Though her health kept her homebound these 
past few years, she was also an avid reader and kept the Tensas 
Parish Library staff busy. She was also a former employee of the 
Office of Family Services in St. Joseph.