Martha B. Matthews

September 25, 1947

SUNSET:

May 4, 2013

BIRTHPLACE:

Lawtey, Florida

PARENTS:

Esau Bright, Jr.

The Late Odessa Johnson

EDUCATION:

Roosevelt High School

Palm Beach Community College

West Palm Beach, Florida

CHURCH AFFILIATIONS:

Friendship Missionary Baptist Church

West Palm Beach, Florida

OCCUPATION:

Retired Customer Service Manager, Bell South Telephone Company

*In 1965 she became the first African American telephone operator for Southern Bell in

West Palm Beach, Florida

Home Health Care Provider

Memberships and Affiliations:

Sis. Matthews participated in many ministries within her church, including; Hibiscus Club, WM Hall Specials Choir and served as Church Administrator.

American Heart Association

Martha Louise (Betty) Matthews was preceded in death by her mother, Odessa Johnson and son, Anthony “Tony” Jackson. She leaves to cherish her memory; Daughter, Lynette Jackson-Lott (Thaddeus), Winter Garden, Florida. Her father, Esau Bright, Jr., Stepmother, Marian, of Lawtey, Florida. Her siblings; Rudolph “Stormy” Bright (Leonie), Sorrento, Florida, Lyndell Bright (Andrea) of Panama City, Florida, Esau Bright, III (Michelle) of Roswell, Georgia, Jenecia Perry (Jerome) of Pooler, Georgia, Evette Bright of Lawtey, Florida, Don Bright (Jorri) of Winter Springs, Florida. Aunts Bernadette Bright, Lawtey, Florida. Grandchildren; Sean Jackson and Ariana Jackson of West Palm Beach, Florida.

She also leaves a host of cousins, friends and extended family members.