ANNIE BELL MATTHEWS

Annie Bell Horne Matthews, 98, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, at Carolinas Hospital System, Florence, after an illness.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Carolina Funeral Home Chapel, Scranton.
The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home before the service.
Mrs. Matthews was born in Florence County on April 15, 1916, daughter of the late William “Billy” Hicks and Eva Carnell Hicks. She was a homemaker and was a member of Hicks Chapel in Coward. She was a very loving and devoted mother and enjoyed her flower garden. She was first married to the late Willard Horne and second to the late John Matthews Jr.
Surviving are her children, Mary Horne Turner of Coward, Louise Horne Miles of Florence, Willard (Emma Jo) Horne Jr. of Sumter, Audrey Horne Powell of Florence, Dot Horne Floyd of Lake City, Annette Horne Prosser of Coward and Larry (Donna) Horne of Scranton; 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; and brothers B.H. Hicks and Wilfred Hicks of Florence.
Mrs. Matthews was preceded in death by a grandson, Jamie Powell; six brothers; two sisters; and five sons-in-law.
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