BANGS -- Funeral services for Effie Richardson Mathews, 103, of Bangs, Texas, will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, January 14, 2003, in the Davis-Morris Funeral Home Chapel with Brother William Campbell officiating. Interment will follow in the Bangs Cemetery under the direction of Davis-Morris Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, January 13, 2003, at the Davis-Morris Funeral Home.
Effie Richardson Mathews passed away at 8:25 p.m. on January 11, 2003, in Brownwood, Texas.
She was born on June 16, 1899, in Brown County to Melissa Caroline and John Logan Richardson. On June 29, 1919, she married Clarence Lary Mathews in Brown County. Mrs. Mathews lived in Bangs and Brownwood all her life. Before her marriage, she worked for Walker-Smith as a dipper of chocolate-covered cherries. That was seasonal in those days. Later she worked for the telephone company until she married. She retired for Sidran's in 1961. Mrs. Matthews was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bangs, Texas, since 1919.
Survivors include one son, Clarence Lee Mathews of Bangs, Texas; two daughters and husbands, Irene and Marvin Bishop of Brownwood; Novelean and Jay Plummer of Odessa, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Maude Touchstone of Brownwood, Texas; Mrs. Marie Thompson of Brownwood, Texas; three granddaughters and husbands, Barbara and Bob Cornell of Midland; Sandy and Don Everett of Hutto, Texas; Jamie and Ron Worley of Katy, Texas; one grandson, Tony Mathews of Austin, Texas; three great-grandsons, Robert Cornell, Jr. and wife, Terri, of Honolulu, Hawaii; Josh Everett and wife, Stacy of Tomball, Texas; Jay Everett of Waco, Texas; one great-granddaughter and husband, Debra and Jeff Bergman of Farmington, New Mexico; four great-great-grandsons, Ryan, Dustin, and Lane Cornell of Honolulu, Hawaii; Mason Everett of Tomball, Texas; and one great-great-granddaughter, Lana Cornell of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Mrs. Mathews was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Lary Mathews on August 31, 1977; one daughter, Marguerette Edwards on July 8, 1986; and son-in-law, Joe Edwards on April 10, 1977; one great-grandson, Jack Everett on October 4, 2002; and her parents, John Logan and Melissa Caroline Richardson; and five brothers and seven sisters.
Pall bearers are: Don Everett, Tony Mathews, Josh Everett, Jay Everett, Bryan Thompson, Larry Norris and Bill Gamblin.