Extracted from The Odessa American (Odessa, TX)
Friday, August 22, 1980

Retha Mathis

CRANE - Services for Retha Mathis, 76, of Crane are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Larry D. Sheppard Funeral Home Chapel of Memories here with burial in Crane Garden of Memories.

She died at 4 p.m. Thursday at Crane Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Mathis, born Feb. 10, 1904, in Jackson, Miss., moved to Crane in 1929. She worked for the civil service in the postal division for 27 years until she retired a few years ago. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and the American Legion Auxiliary.

Survivors include her daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Northcutt of Stephenville; son, C.A. (Toots) Mathis of Crane; brothers, Olen Padget of Boise, Idaho and Talley Padgett of Kerens; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.