Charlestown — William Rayburn Matthews, 59, of 107 Spring Street, died at 4 .m. Tuesday at Clark County Memorial Hospital.
He was a retired supervisor for Greater Louisville Industries and a member of North Charlestown Church of God.
Surviving are his wife, the former Margie Blanton; two sons, Jerry Matthews, Plymouth, Michigan, and William R. Matthews, Charlestown; three daughters, Vagil K. Matthews and Diana Matthews, both at home, and Mrs. Joanne Ferrel, Plymouth, Michigan; two brothers, a sister and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, Grayson Funeral Home. Burial, Charlestown Cemetery. The body will be at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Wednesday.
(A couple of typos were corrected and abbreviated words spelled out.)
From the February 10, 1972 Courier-Journal:
Because of incomplete information provided by the family of William Rayburn Matthews, two survivors were omitted from his obituary in yesterday's Courier-Journal. A daughter, Miss Bobbie Blalock, Garden City, Michigan, and a brother were omitted.
Charlestown — William Rayburn Matthews, 59, of 107 Spring Street, died at 4 .m. Tuesday at Clark County Memorial Hospital.
He was a retired supervisor for Greater Louisville Industries and a member of North Charlestown Church of God.
Surviving are his wife, the former Margie Blanton; two sons, Jerry Matthews, Plymouth, Michigan, and William R. Matthews, Charlestown; three daughters, Vagil K. Matthews and Diana Matthews, both at home, and Mrs. Joanne Ferrel, Plymouth, Michigan; two brothers, a sister and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, Grayson Funeral Home. Burial, Charlestown Cemetery. The body will be at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Wednesday.
(A couple of typos were corrected and abbreviated words spelled out.)
From the February 10, 1972 Courier-Journal:
Because of incomplete information provided by the family of William Rayburn Matthews, two survivors were omitted from his obituary in yesterday's Courier-Journal. A daughter, Miss Bobbie Blalock, Garden City, Michigan, and a brother were omitted.
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