Obit of Naomi Matthews (m320) - McClain County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips   <genephillips@usa.net>  30 Sep 2003
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Norman Transcript 09/05/2003 
 
Naomi Matthews  
 
Naomi Matthews, 78, of Purcell died Wednesday, Sept. 3, at her home. 
Services will be 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church in Purcell with 
Patrick Mead officiating. Burial will be at Lexington Cemetery. Wilson-
Little Funeral Home in Purcell is handling arrangements. Mrs. Matthews was 
born June 29, 1925, in Washington, to Zachariah and Pearl Adams Dover. She 
grew up in Washington. She married Leonard Matthews May 17, 1996, in 
Washington. She worked for Purcell Public Schools in the 1960s and for the 
Purcell Dairy Queen in the 1970s and 80s. Mrs. Matthews is survived by her 
daughters, Wanda Mize and husband, Ray, of Whitesboro, Wilma Cooper and 
husband, Butch, of Noble and Sue Mize and husband, Ted, of Purcell; sons, 
Harold Matthews and wife, Carrie, of Noble and David Matthews of Purcell; 
sisters, Loraine Putman of Norman, Mary Guthrie of Purcell, Betty Bryant 
of Emporia, Kan., Dorothy Armstrong of Lawrence, Kan., and Elizabeth 
Wilson of Richland, Mich.; brother, Sonny Dover and wife, Alberta, of 
Lawrence, Kan.; sister-in-law, Emily Dover of Lawrence, Kan.; 12 
grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and many other family members and 
friends. Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church in 
Purcell. 
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