FENNER C. MATTHEWS JR.


HENDERSON - Fenner Charlie “Boogaloo” Matthews Jr., 54, died Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 at Maria Parham Medical Center. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Freedom Life Church of God, conducted by the Rev. Jeff Prewer. Burial followed in Oakwood Cemetery in Louisburg.

Born in Forsythe County, he was the son of the late Fenner Charlie Matthews Sr. and Violet Rose Stallings Matthews.

Surviving: wife, Sandy Moon Ward Matthews; stepson, Lemuel “Smitty” Ward III of Louisburg; sister, Rita Lynn M. Rodriguez of Henderson; brother, Donald Ray Matthews of Henderson; three grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Edward Wayne Matthews.

Arrangements handled by Flowers Funeral Home, Henderson.