Patricia Matthews

Burlington, NC Patricia Ann Pat Faucette Matthews, age 74, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, August 28, 2006 surrounded by her loving children at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Guilford County and the wife of the late William Henry Matthews. Pat graduated from Gibsonville High School and received her nursing degree from Saint Leos School of Nursing in Greensboro. She began her nursing career with Dr. Howard L. Little in Gibsonville and then went on to serve in the US Air Force as a nurse with the rank of First Lieutenant stationed at Ardmore Air Force Base in Oklahoma. Pat returned to Burlington and worked as a registered nurse at Skilled Nursing Division of Alamance Memorial Hospital and retired after 30 years of service. She was a member of Hocutt Memorial Baptist Church and a member of the Golden Circle Sunday School Class. Pat was very active in her church and with the WMU Circle. She was a member of Senior Advantage at Alamance Regional Medical Center and the Retired Nurses Association of Alamance County. Pat was devoted to her family and church and she enjoyed spending time with her friends and taking trips to the coast. Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Carmen Clapp and her husband, Greg of Whitsett, Teressa Campbell and her husband, Scott of Burlington, Mary Jane Jeffries and her husband, Dee of Graham and Lois Ann Batley and her husband, Charles of Burlington; sons, James Mendez of Gibsonville and Dennis Matthews of Portland, Oregon; grandchildren, Lacy Clapp, Ben Clapp and Heather M. Godwin. She was preceded in death by her son, Anthony Mendez; husband, William Henry Matthews; parents, Arthur Ben Clayton and Lois Alene May Faucette. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, August 31, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at Hocutt Memorial Baptist Church by Rev. Jimmy Nickleston and the burial will follow at Alamance Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory and other times at the home 1173 Lakeside Avenue, Burlington, NC 27217. Memorials may be made to Hocutt Memorial Baptist Church, 302 N. Logan Street, Burlington, NC 27217. Condolences may be sent to the family at info@lowefuneralhome.com.