Matthews, Robert

LAKE CITY: Mr. Robert Levern Matthews, 80, husband of Betty Daniels Matthews, died Saturday, January 01, 2011, at his residence after an illness. Mr. Matthews was born August 18, 1930, in Florence County, a son of the late Robert Early Matthews and Susie King Matthews. He retired from Campbell Soup Company, Sumter, and attended Friendfield Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mr. Matthews was a veteran of the United States Air Force. Surviving include: His wife, Betty Daniels Matthews of Lake City; son, Robbie (Nina) Matthews of Monroe, North Carolina; grandson, Lane Matthews of Monroe, North Carolina; and a step granddaughter, Jennifer (Brian) Helms of Monroe, North Carolina. He was preceded in death by a sister, Laura Mae Langley and a brother, Michael Matthews. Funeral services will be at 2:00 P.M. Monday, January 3, 2011, at Carolina Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Camp Branch Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Sunday at Carolina Funeral Home, 215 E. Highway 378 ByPass, Scranton, SC. Memorials may be made to Gideon‘s International, P. O. Box 1263, Lake City, SC 29560.