1932
Gladis
2009
Gladis Matthews
June 19, 1932 — November 8, 2009
Gladis McElroy Matthews, 77, of Paducah died at 1:12 p.m. Sunday at Lourdes hospital.
She was a member of New Life Baptist Church and a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband of 37 years, William T. Matthews; four daughters, Alice Fay Ament of Glendale, Ariz., and Bobbie Lee Parker, Carol Ann Diaz and Dorothy Marie Jones, all of Paducah; one son, William Eugene Matthews of Paducah; four sisters, Lanora Gleeson, Mildred Nace, Ethel O'Nan and Ola Hoard, all of Paducah; nine grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Noman Jasper McElroy and Mary Ann Mathis McElroy; one daughter, Mary Grace Tharp; two sisters; and one brother.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Chapel with the Rev. Doug Kineman officiating. Entombment will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Mauseleum.
Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Lone Oak Chapel of Milner & Orr Funeral Home.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to New Life Baptist Church, 120 Stratmoor Road, Paducah, KY 42001; or Kentucky Baptist Home for Children, 300 Hope St., Box 1429, Mount Washington, KY 40047.
She was a member of New Life Baptist Church and a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband of 37 years, William T. Matthews; four daughters, Alice Fay Ament of Glendale, Ariz., and Bobbie Lee Parker, Carol Ann Diaz and Dorothy Marie Jones, all of Paducah; one son, William Eugene Matthews of Paducah; four sisters, Lanora Gleeson, Mildred Nace, Ethel O'Nan and Ola Hoard, all of Paducah; nine grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Noman Jasper McElroy and Mary Ann Mathis McElroy; one daughter, Mary Grace Tharp; two sisters; and one brother.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Chapel with the Rev. Doug Kineman officiating. Entombment will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Mauseleum.
Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Lone Oak Chapel of Milner & Orr Funeral Home.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to New Life Baptist Church, 120 Stratmoor Road, Paducah, KY 42001; or Kentucky Baptist Home for Children, 300 Hope St., Box 1429, Mount Washington, KY 40047.
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