WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MR. ORIN WINSTON MATTHEWS, AGE 87, OF DONALSONVILLE, GA WHO PASSED AWAY MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 2007 AT HIS RESIDENCE GRAVESIDE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. MATTHEWS WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 AM ON THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2007, AT SEMINOLE SHORES CEMETERY IN DONALSONVILLE, GA WITH THE REV. CARL ROPKE OFFICIATING. YOU MAY SIGN THE REGISTER BOOK AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH THE FAMILY BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT www.evansskipperfh.com. MR. MATTHEWS WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 15, 1919 IN MERIDIAN, MS TO THE LATE ORIN WINSTON MATTHEWS, SR AND MARY FRANCES RICHARDS MATTHEWS. HE WORKED AS A HOSPITAL TROUBLESHOOTER FOR ABBOTT LABORATORIES. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE US COAST GUARD AND WAS MARRIED TO MARY FRANCES MATTHEWS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, A GODDAUGHTER, DALE MURPHY OF COLQUITT, GA AND A NIECE KATHY WADDELL AND HER HUSBAND JOHNNY OF BAINBRIDGE, GA . SEVERAL OTHER NIECES AND NEPHEWS ALSO SURVIVE HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND HIS FIRST WIFE LUCILLE GAUSE MATTHEWS. ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO EVANS-SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME.