Eddie Loyde Mathews Jr.

Published 12:01 am Thursday, March 31, 2016

Dec. 28, 1954 – March 28, 2016

FAYETTE — Services for Eddie Loyde Mathews Jr., 61, of Fayette, who died March 28, 2016, at Merit Health Natchez, will be 11 a.m. Friday at Greenleaf Baptist Church in Fayette with the Rev. Stanford Cruel officiating.

Burial will follow at the Natchez National Cemetery under the direction of Spencer Funeral Home in Fayette.

Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mr. Mathews was born Dec. 28, 1954, in Harriston, the son of Eddie L. Mathews Sr. and Edna Thompson Mathews.

He was a 1973 graduate of Jefferson County High School.

Mr. Mathews also served as chairman of the deacon board at Greenleaf Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include four children; one grandchild; three sisters; one brother; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Pallbearers will be the class of 1973.