Mrs. Merle Oma Page Matthews, 88

WADE Mrs. Merle Oma Page Matthews, 88 of 5596 Kennel Road, died on Friday, December 3, 2010 at her home. The funeral service will be held on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 3:00 P.M. at Center Baptist Church with Rev. Floyd Helms and Rev. Roger White officiating. Burial will follow at Maxwell Cemetery in Autryville. Mrs. Matthews was born on October 11, 1922 in Sampson Count to the late Earnest Dewey and Kattie Ann Williams Page. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Anson "Mack" Matthews; and one brother and two sisters. She was a homemaker. She is survived by: three daughters, Carmen M. "Connie" Matthews and husband, Payton of Wade, Sharyn M. Jackson and husband, Michael of Godwin and Cheryl M. Tornow and husband, Fred of Monroe; three brothers, Prennis Page of Stedman, Arnold Page of Shallotte and Rupert Page of Stedman; one sister, Joyce Page Hughes of Stedman; five grandchildren, Traci Alphin and husband, Troy, Nicholas Matthews, Page Smith and husband, Wil, Justin Tornow and husband, Joseph Westcott and Matthew Tornow; and two great granddaughters, Kathryn Alphin and Alexis Alphin. The family will receive friends on Sunday afternoon from 1:30 to 3:00 P.M. at Center Baptist Church in Wade, and other times at the home. In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorials may be made to one's favorite charity. Services entrusted to Butler Funeral Home, 6535 Clinton Road, Stedman.~ Visitation ~ Center Baptist Church, Wade Sunday, December 5, 2010 1:30 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. ~ Funeral ~ Center Baptist Church, Wade Sunday, December 5, 2010 3:00 P.M. ~ Officiating ~ Rev. Floyd Helms Rev. Roger White ~ Burial ~ Maxwell Cemetery Autryville, North Carolina ~ Memorials ~ In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorials be made to one's favorite charity. Services entrusted to Butler Funeral Home, 6535 Clinton Road, Stedman.