Published in The Anniston Star on Friday, February 18, 1983.
Mrs. Margaret Wellborn Matthews, 92, a member of one of Calhoun County's most prominent families, died Thursday at her Leighton Avenue residence.
She was born in Rome, Ga., in 1890, the daughter of Maximilian B. Wellborn and Mary Graves Wellborn. Her father was one of Anniston's most prominent bankers and he served in the state legislature.
Services for Mrs. Matthews will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church with the Rev. Tom Jones officiating. Burial will be in Edgemont Cemetery with Gray Brown-Service Mortuary in charge.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. William Raines of Upper Montclair, N.J., and Mrs. Samuel F. Crabtree and Mrs. William H. Sellers, both of Anniston; a son, Max Matthews of Anniston; a sister, Mrs. Linton C. Hopkins of Atlanta; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
The family requests no flowers.
Mrs. Matthews attended school at the Noble Institute in Anniston and the Fairmont Seminary in Washington, D.C. She returned to Anniston and married James Fouche Matthews, a former Anniston city attorney, Calhoun County solicitor and assistant attorney general, who died in 1955.
She was active in the Grace Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Margaret Wellborn Matthews, 92, a member of one of Calhoun County's most prominent families, died Thursday at her Leighton Avenue residence.
She was born in Rome, Ga., in 1890, the daughter of Maximilian B. Wellborn and Mary Graves Wellborn. Her father was one of Anniston's most prominent bankers and he served in the state legislature.
Services for Mrs. Matthews will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church with the Rev. Tom Jones officiating. Burial will be in Edgemont Cemetery with Gray Brown-Service Mortuary in charge.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. William Raines of Upper Montclair, N.J., and Mrs. Samuel F. Crabtree and Mrs. William H. Sellers, both of Anniston; a son, Max Matthews of Anniston; a sister, Mrs. Linton C. Hopkins of Atlanta; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
The family requests no flowers.
Mrs. Matthews attended school at the Noble Institute in Anniston and the Fairmont Seminary in Washington, D.C. She returned to Anniston and married James Fouche Matthews, a former Anniston city attorney, Calhoun County solicitor and assistant attorney general, who died in 1955.
She was active in the Grace Episcopal Church.
Published in The Anniston Star on Friday, February 18, 1983.
Mrs. Margaret Wellborn Matthews, 92, a member of one of Calhoun County's most prominent families, died Thursday at her Leighton Avenue residence.
She was born in Rome, Ga., in 1890, the daughter of Maximilian B. Wellborn and Mary Graves Wellborn. Her father was one of Anniston's most prominent bankers and he served in the state legislature.
Services for Mrs. Matthews will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church with the Rev. Tom Jones officiating. Burial will be in Edgemont Cemetery with Gray Brown-Service Mortuary in charge.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. William Raines of Upper Montclair, N.J., and Mrs. Samuel F. Crabtree and Mrs. William H. Sellers, both of Anniston; a son, Max Matthews of Anniston; a sister, Mrs. Linton C. Hopkins of Atlanta; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
The family requests no flowers.
Mrs. Matthews attended school at the Noble Institute in Anniston and the Fairmont Seminary in Washington, D.C. She returned to Anniston and married James Fouche Matthews, a former Anniston city attorney, Calhoun County solicitor and assistant attorney general, who died in 1955.
She was active in the Grace Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Margaret Wellborn Matthews, 92, a member of one of Calhoun County's most prominent families, died Thursday at her Leighton Avenue residence.
She was born in Rome, Ga., in 1890, the daughter of Maximilian B. Wellborn and Mary Graves Wellborn. Her father was one of Anniston's most prominent bankers and he served in the state legislature.
Services for Mrs. Matthews will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church with the Rev. Tom Jones officiating. Burial will be in Edgemont Cemetery with Gray Brown-Service Mortuary in charge.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. William Raines of Upper Montclair, N.J., and Mrs. Samuel F. Crabtree and Mrs. William H. Sellers, both of Anniston; a son, Max Matthews of Anniston; a sister, Mrs. Linton C. Hopkins of Atlanta; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
The family requests no flowers.
Mrs. Matthews attended school at the Noble Institute in Anniston and the Fairmont Seminary in Washington, D.C. She returned to Anniston and married James Fouche Matthews, a former Anniston city attorney, Calhoun County solicitor and assistant attorney general, who died in 1955.
She was active in the Grace Episcopal Church.
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