William Thomas Mathews

MATHEWS, Mr. William Thomas “Tommy,” 63, a resident of Brantley, Alabama, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2016. Funeral services for Mr. Mathews will be held at 11 AM on Thursday, December 8, from the Chapel of Turner Funeral Home with Brother Ed Russell officiating. Interment will follow in Old Union Cemetery in Brantley with Turner Funeral Home of Luverne directing. Mr. Mathews was preceded in death by his father, W.H. “Jack” Mathews. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Kay Green Mathews, two daughters, Tonya (Roland) Jones and Tracy (Kevin) Kennedy, four grandchildren, Olivia & Carson Jones and Natalie & Jack Kennedy, mother, Ruby Kilcrease Mathews, sister, Karen (Johnny) Andrews, and brother, Carl Mathews. Active pallbearers are Josh Andrews, Matthew Vick, Taylor Kilcrease, Jerry Kilcrease, David Hartin, Jimmy Beasley, Ricky Compton, Randall Bess. Tim Vick, Johnny Andrews, Wendell Sowell, and Roland H. Jones will serve as honorary pallbearers. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to either the American Cancer Society or Weed Baptist Church. They will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, December 7, from 6 – 8pm.