1930
Walter
2014
Walter Mathews
October 31, 1930 — November 3, 2014
A native of Butler, GA, Walter graduated from Schley County High School and was a 1952 graduate of The Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science where he was a member of Pi Sigma Eta Fraternity.He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and moved to Montezuma, GA in 1956.He owned and operated Watson – Mathews Funeral Home for forty years until his retirement in 1996 and served as coroner of Macon County for many years.
He was a member and served as president of the Montezuma Kiwanis Club in 1964; he was a member of the American Legion Post 124 in Butler, GA, and member of the VFW Post #6442 in Oglethorpe. GA.Walter was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association and the Georgia Funeral Directors Association where he served as president from 1982-1983.He was also a member of Georgia Academy Graduate Embalmers.
Walter was a member of the Montezuma United Methodist Church and the Baracca Sunday School Class.He was a member and Past Master of Traveler's Rest Lodge #65 F&M, a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of Al Sihah Shrine Center.He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth H. Mathews, his parents, Walter M. Mathews and Lura C. Mathews, a sister, Elizabeth Mathews, and a brother, Thomas F. Mathews.
Survivors include three sons, Mike Mathews and his wife, Charlane and Gary Mathews and his wife, Charlene all of Albany, GA, Tom Mathews and his wife, Angie of Montezuma, GA, a daughter, Lura Amos and her husband, Bill of Perry, GA, his grandchildren, Tracy Ethridge and her husband Allen of Albany, GA, Walt Mathews of Albany, GA, Chelsea Stewart and her husband Dylan of Montezuma, GA, Caroline Amos,William Amos, and Giles Amos of Perry, GA, and three great-grandchildren, Wade Stewart, Hunter Stewart, and Lawton Ethridge.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM, Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at Watson-Mathews Funeral Home in Montezuma, GA. The family may be contacted at Mr. Mathews' residence in Montezuma.
Flowers are welcomed but donations may be made to Shriner's Hospital for Children, c/o Al Sihah Shriner's Transportation Fund, 222 Mecca Drive, Macon, GA, 31206 or Montezuma United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 159, Montezuma, GA, 31063.
To sign our online registry or to send condolences to the family, you may visit Mathews' website at www.mathewsfuneralhome.com.
Mathews Funeral Home in Albany, GA is in charge of funeral arrangements.
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