Marvine Mathis

Graveside services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Resthaven Cemetery in Lubbock with Dr. Ken Horn officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. on Friday, October 10, 2014 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon. Marvine Mathis was born on January 2, 1923 in New Lynn, Texas to A. T. and Dora Dillard Carpenter. She lived in Lubbock for many years where she worked in sales. She later retired in Hereford and was a member of Temple Baptist Church and Hereford Senior Citizens. She was an excellent quilter and loved running the quilting room at the Senior Citizens. She also loved to cook and will be fondly remembered for her chocolate pies. Marvine was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Mathis in 1995, a granddaughter, Vickie Darnell in 2013, three brothers, and one sister. Survivors include her daughter, Carolyn Christie, of Amarillo; two grandsons, Corey Christie and wife, Amy, of Waco, and Robbie Christie and wife, Emily, of Canyon; one granddaughter, Becky McDonald and husband, Jerry, of Amarillo; ten great grandchildren, and five great, great grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Hereford Senior Citizens, 426 Ranger, Hereford, Texas 79045.