Annie L. Mathews OGDEN- Annie L. Mathews, age 89, passed away peacefully Saturday July 6, 1996 at Manor Care Nursing Center after a long illness. She was born March 15, 1908 in Houston, Texas, 3 a daughter of Maggie Josey and son. Joe She Wat- was reared in Houston, Texas and graduated from Washington High School § § ~with honors, and &F attended Wylie College in Marshall, Texas. | . In | December § § of 1928 she & i married Vernon E. Smith, they were lat er divorced. She married Oliver Ma-. _thews in 1964 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He preceded her in death in 1973. Annie moved to Ogden: in 1978 with her daughter and son- -in-law Donald» Cope: _ Annie had been a member of Luther Mae E. Adams BPOElks #1343 and had been a member of the Eastern Star of Los Angeles, California before moving to Utah. Annie was a very kind, loving and gentie person and would go out of her way to do things for others. She loved to converse with others and had a wonderful sense of humor. Sorte She retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1955. She was _ the first black telephone operator in _ Houston, Texas. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. To cherish in her loving memory are her loving daughter and son-in-law, Belle (Donald) Cope, Ogden, Utah; granddaughters Antoinette Goodie, Los © Angeles, California; Rosalyn Phillips Haywood, Ogden, Utah; great grandchildren, Stephanie, Jennifer and Jason Goodie, Los Angeles, California; Amber — Peters and Andrew Leontra den, Utah. | Hill, Og- ) by her faithful | She is also survived pets Polo and Prince. She was preceded in death by her son Vernon E. Smith and grandson Andrew Phillips. | Funeral services will be heid at Calvary Baptist Church, 532 East 700 ~ . North, Salt Lake City, on Friday, July 12, 1996 at 1 p.m. Friends may call” | Thursday, July 11, 1996 at Myers Mor-. _tuary, 845 Washington Bivd., Ogden from 6-8 p.m. and Friday, July Te; 1996 from 12 noon to 12:45 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church. in Salt Lake | City.