Mrs. Jackie Geneva Patton Matthews
October 11, 1923 — January 16, 2016
Mrs. Jackie Geneva Patton Matthews
Jackie Geneva Patton Matthews passed away Saturday, January 16, 2016 in Lansing, NC, at 92. She was born October 11, 1923, at the Patton Family Home in Lansing, NC. She was the daughter of John Calvin Patton of Lansing, NC and Celia Charlotte Powers Patton of Tuckerdale, NC.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ben Joe Matthews; her son, Monty Joe Matthews; and her brother, Harry Lincoln Patton. She is survived by two sisters, Margaret Patton Stanley of Warrensville, NC and Patsy Patton Blackburn of Lansing, NC; two daughters, Peggy Sharer of Suffolk, VA and Sharon Suttle of Lansing, NC; eight grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
After high school in Lansing, NC, Mrs. Matthews attended business school Winston Salem, NC. At the end of WWII, after living a short time in California, she and husband, Ben, returned their family to North Carolina and then to Virginia. Mrs. Matthews was a retired federal employee, working many years at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. She retired with her husband to Smithfield, NC in 1986.
After retirement Mrs. Matthews spent many years researching the family genealogy. She also enjoyed collecting antiques and after retirement traveled all over the Eastern, USA with her husband and friends to antique markets. She very much enjoyed her family and friends. She was a talented writer of poetry. Family and friends have special poems written just for them. Any occasion inspired a poem. She was an active member of Bethesda Baptist Church in Smithfield, NC.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 20, 2016 in Bethesda Baptist Church in Clayton. Burial will follow in Knollwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Wednesday just prior to the service.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ben Joe Matthews; her son, Monty Joe Matthews; and her brother, Harry Lincoln Patton. She is survived by two sisters, Margaret Patton Stanley of Warrensville, NC and Patsy Patton Blackburn of Lansing, NC; two daughters, Peggy Sharer of Suffolk, VA and Sharon Suttle of Lansing, NC; eight grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
After high school in Lansing, NC, Mrs. Matthews attended business school Winston Salem, NC. At the end of WWII, after living a short time in California, she and husband, Ben, returned their family to North Carolina and then to Virginia. Mrs. Matthews was a retired federal employee, working many years at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. She retired with her husband to Smithfield, NC in 1986.
After retirement Mrs. Matthews spent many years researching the family genealogy. She also enjoyed collecting antiques and after retirement traveled all over the Eastern, USA with her husband and friends to antique markets. She very much enjoyed her family and friends. She was a talented writer of poetry. Family and friends have special poems written just for them. Any occasion inspired a poem. She was an active member of Bethesda Baptist Church in Smithfield, NC.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 20, 2016 in Bethesda Baptist Church in Clayton. Burial will follow in Knollwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Wednesday just prior to the service.
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