Extracted from The Shreveport Times (Shreveport, LA)
Wednesday, October 25, 1972

Sherman Matthews

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Broadmoor Baptist Church for Sherman Elbert Matthews, 27, who died Tuesday morning from injuries received Saturday in a two-car accident on U.S. 71 south of Bossier City.

Mr. Matthews was one of the 32 initial students at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport. He was a senior at the school and would have graduated with the first class in May. He was a member of a three-man student committee working with a faculty committee planning commencement exercises.

He had been a recipient of a Mosby Book Award, given for academic excellence, for the past two years.

Matthews attended Sarepta High School; Centenary College, where he received a B.S. degree, and Northwestern State University, where he received a M.S. degree.

He was a member of Pi Kappa Phi, national honorary fraternity, and Tau Kappa Epsilon, a social fraternity.

Mr. Matthews was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Matthews of Sarepta, and was married to the former Sandra Slack of Cotton Valley. He was a native of Winnsboro.

Other survivors include one brother, Lonnie Dale Matthews, of Sarepta; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Sikes of Shreveport, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Matthews of Sarepta.

Dr. Scott L. Tatum, pastor of Broadmoor Baptist Church, will officiate at the services. Burial will be in the Cotton Valley Cemetery under the direction of Osborn Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be Ken Harrison, Dan Moller, Bill Washburne, David Law, Carl Richard, Barry Rills, Tandy McElwee and Jim McDonald.

The senior class at the medical school has established a Sherman E. Matthews Memorial Fund. Contributions can be made through the Dean of Student Affairs, LSU School of Medicine at Shreveport.

The family requests that any memorial contributions be sent to the LSU School of Medicine at Shreveport.

The School of Medicine will be opened Wednesday, but all classes will be suspended.