Alma Mathews

--- Page 1 --- In Loving Memory of Alma Mathews · January 10, 1912 ~ May 3, 2003 Services: Monday, May 12, 2003 · Wake 10:00 A.M. ~ Funeral 11:00 A.M. Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, 4130 S. Indiana Ave., Chicago, Illinois · Rev. Andrew D. Hunt Jr., Officiating Pallbearers: Elmer L. Porter, Ludewig Banket, Terrance Banket, Gregory Thompson, Timothy Leonard, Anthony Jefferson Acknowledgements: The family of Alma Mathews wishes to express sincere gratitude for the many acts of kindness extended during the loss of their loved one. Arrangements courtesy of The Obituary Store & A. A. Rayner & Sons Funeral Home. --- Page 2 --- Alma Coleman Mathews was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 10, 1912 to the late Joseph and Rebecca Coleman. She came to Chicago in the 1940s and lived with her sister Codella, who preceded her in death; she also enjoyed a beautiful life with her sister Roberta, who also preceded her in death. She joined Tabernacle Baptist Church, where she met and married the late Willie Mathews on January 6, 1950; to this union was born a son, Willie B. Mathews, whom she adored until her demise on May 3, 2003. She leaves to cherish her memories: her devoted son Willie (Billy) Mathews; friend Margo Hansbrough; a devoted niece Codella (William) Henry of Belleville, Michigan; two dear friends Rudell Mister and Chappia Foote; and a host of nieces, cousins, treasured friends and relatives. Order of Service: Organ Prelude; Processional; Selection; Scripture (Psalm 27, John 14:1-10); Prayer (Rev. Wesley Moore); Selection; Acknowledgements/Resolutions; Obituary (read silently); Remarks; Solo (niece Codella J. Henry); Eulogy (Rev. Andrew D. Hunt Jr.); Selection; Benediction; Recessional. Interment: Restvale Cemetery, 115th & Laramie, Alsip, Illinois.