Annie Bell Horne Matthews, 98, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, at Carolinas Hospital System in Florence, after an illness.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at Carolina Funeral Home Chapel in Scranton.
The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m. Saturday prior to services at the funeral home.
Born April 15, 1916, she was a daughter of the late William "Billy" Hicks and Eva Carnell Hicks. She was a homemaker and a member of Hicks Chapel in Coward. She was a very loving and devoted mother and enjoyed her flower garden. She was first married to the late Willard Horne and second to the late John Matthews Jr.
Survivors include her children, Mary Horne Turner and Annette Horne Prosser, both of Coward, Louise Horne Miles and Audrey Horne Powell, both of Florence, Willard (Emma Jo) Horne Jr. of Sumter, Dot Horne Floyd of Lake City and Larry (Donna) Horne of Scranton; 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; and two brothers, B.H. Hicks and Wilfred Hicks, both of Florence.
Mrs. Matthews was preceded in death by a grandson, Jamie Powell; six brothers; two sisters; and five sons-in-law.
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Carolina Funeral Home Chapel of Scranton is in charge of arrangements.
