Dorothy 'Francine' Matthews

Dorothy "Francine" Matthews, age 88 of Gainesville, passed away on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness.


Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, June 20, 2014 at 1:00 pm in the Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home with interment to follow in Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery. Reverend Billy Nipper will officiate. The family will receive friends on Thursday, June 19, 2014 from 6 - 8 pm at the funeral home.

Mrs. Matthews was born September 7, 1925 in Homer, Georgia to the late Paul Pritchett and Lula Westmoreland Pritchett. She was retired from New Holland Textile Mill and was a member of Corinth Baptist Church. Francine was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Claud Daniel Matthews, 2 sisters and 1 brother.

Mrs. Matthews is survived by her sons & daughters-in-law, Chris & Bettyann Matthews of Flowery Branch and Charles & Sheila Jenkins of Talmo, step-daughter & husband, Martha Jo & Lamar Palmer of Monroe, Georgia, step-daughter, Claudette Kittle of Monroe, Georgia, granddaughter, Kim Helton of Gainesville, grandson & wife, Steven & Tracy Jenkins of Nashville, Tennessee, 3 great-grandchildren, Chase & Chance Helton and Stella Jenkins, a number of nieces and nephews and sisters, Virginia Allen of Gainesville, Sue Jones of Lincolnton, North Carolina and Louise Jones of Gastonia, North Carolina.



Memorial Park Funeral Home, 2030 Memorial Park Road, Gainesville, GA 30504 is in charge of arrangements.



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