Birth: March 12, 1910

Marianna, Jackson County, Florida

Demise: May 7, 2007 - Shands Hospital

Jacksonville, Florida

Parents: Mr. Kendrick and Mrs. Callie Blackshear Russ

Sibling: Mrs. Francis Russ (John) Guilford

(Predeceased, 1978)

Husband: Mr. Benjamin F. Matthews

(Predeceased, 1965)

Education: Jackson County Public Schools

Edward Waters College

Church Affiliation: Second Missionary Baptist Church

Employment: Underwoods Jewelers

Jacobs Jewelers

Memberships: Lily White Lodge #218

She is survived by a loving family, including her nieces, Carolyn J. Blackshear, Zenja B. (Kenneth) Key and Zaria Key, Jacksonville, FL; her nephew, Eugene C. Blackshear, Manhattan, NY; her many cousins, especially, Ida B. Britt, Campbellton, FL, Iris B. Saxon, Cincinnati, Ohio, Mary Waddell, Marianna, FL, Dorothy Frazier, Panama City, FL, James E. (Mary Ann) Blackshear and Rev. Otis Blackshear, Atlanta, GA; Colleen Brooks, Jacksonville, FL; her three goddaughters, Faye (Kenneth) Gail, Lois J. (Wilbert) Sanders and Debora Lester, all of Jacksonville; several devoted friends, Robert and Hattie Lester, Linda A. Forcine, Francis Cook, Roy and Deloris Thomas, Archie and Penny Jenkins and Louise Johnson, as well as many other sorrowing relatives and friends.