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Thelma Louise Matthews 1907–2003 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 SEP 1907

Birth Location: Wichita Co, TX

Death Date: 26 NOV 2003

Death Location: Highland Cemetery Iowa Park, Wichita County, TX

Father: John Matthews

Mother: Sarah Powell

Spouse(s): Otis Gay

Children(s): Caroline Gay

Thelma Louise Matthews was born in 1907 in Wichita Co, TX, the child of John William Matthews And Sarah Caroline Sally Powell. Thelma Louise Matthews married Otis Mitchell Gay, and had children including Caroline Sue Gay. Thelma Louise Matthews passed away in 2003 in Highland Cemetery Iowa Park, Wichita County, TX.

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Biography

  • Thelma Louise Matthews was born in 1907 in Wichita Co, TX, the child of John William Matthews And Sarah Caroline Sally Powell.
  • Thelma Louise Matthews married Otis Mitchell Gay, and had children including Caroline Sue Gay.
  • Thelma Louise Matthews passed away in 2003 in Highland Cemetery Iowa Park, Wichita County, TX.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Thelma Matthews's Ancestors

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Thelma Matthews
1907–2003
Birth Place: Wichita Co, TX
Parents
John William Matthews
1854–
Sarah (Caroline “Sally”) Powell
1869–1958
Coffee County , TN
Grandparents
Darius (John) Powell
1829–1903
TN
Sarah (Caroline) Wooten
1833–1912
Grundy Co,TN
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Powell
1786–1862
Martha Browder
1787–1857
Jesse Wooten
1790–1878
Sarah Winton
1793–1881
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Solomon Powell
1768–
William Browder
1760–1813
Nancy Crump
1770–1851
William Wooten
1746–1836
James Winton
1772–1833
Sukie Copland
1775–1833

Thelma Matthews's Descendants

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Thelma (Louise) Matthews (28 SEP 1907–26 NOV 2003) m. Otis (Mitchell) Gay (7 SEP 1904–20 JUN 1993)
  1. 1. Caroline (Sue) Gay 1934–1956

Thelma Matthews's Timeline

2 Records

1907
28 SEP 1907
Birth of Thelma Louise Matthews in Wichita Co, TX
Wichita Co, TX
2003
26 NOV 2003
Age 96
Death of Thelma Louise Matthews in Graham, Young County, TX
Graham, Young County, TX

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 SEP 1907
    Event Place: Wichita Co, TX

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 NOV 2003
    Event Place: Graham, Young County, TX

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Highland Cemetery Iowa Park, Wichita County, TX

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