Mr. Johnnie M. Mathews

Services for Johnnie Millard Mathews Sr., 93, will be Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Humboldt Church of Christ, 1515 N. 30th Avenue, Humboldt. Visitation with family will be at 1 p.m.

Mr. Matthews was born September 22, 1922 and departed this life December 23, 2015 at Humboldt Healthcare and Rehab. He lived his entire life in Fruitland.

Mr. Matthews retired from Gibson Farmers Co-op and was a member of the Humboldt Church of Christ.

He is survived by his wife of 74 years, Jessie Lou Carroll Mathews; daughters, Gloria Bates of Humboldt, Tenn. and Carroll Lee Sloan (Jim) of Fruitland, Tenn.; son-in-law, Rodney Allen of Medina, Tenn.; grandchildren, Bill Bates (Christy) of Trenton, Tenn., Heather Cook (Brad) of Medina, Boone Allen (Melissa) of Medina, Carrolline Barnett (Bryan) of Fruitland and Annie Bradley (Joseph) of Southside, Tenn.; 13 great-grandchildren; sisters, Peggy Duff of Fruitland and Dolly Weise of Milan, Tenn.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Mr. Mathews was preceded in death by parents, Eugene and Lillie Coleman Mathews; brothers, Marion Mathews, Harvey Mathews and Roy Mathews; son, Johnny Mathews Jr.; daughter, Jane Mathews Allen; son-in-law, Billie Bates Sr.; and granddaughter Lynn Bates Haynes.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to Humboldt Church of Christ.