Gyn "Gwen" Dolen Matthews

Gyn "Gwen" Dolen Matthews passed away the morning of December 26, 2022 at her home surrounded by family. She is preceded in death by her parents, Estelle and Homer Pickle; sisters, Shirley Finley and Virginia Stuart; brother, Royce Pickle, all of Philadelphia, Mississippi; sons, Yancey Aaron Matthews and Stanley Mitchell Atkinson. She is survived by one sister, Janice Dunn and children, Jerry Atkinson, Mike Atkinson, and Mardi Matthews Bunkley.  She had six grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

As a young girl, she played basketball and maintained a love for this sport becoming a die-hard Duke University fan. She loved watching any college or professional ball game. She attended baseball Spring training in Florida for over 20 years and was the concession vendor and scorekeeper for the American Legion Post1 Bombers. Throughout her life she enjoyed baking cakes, raising parrots, dancing, listening to music, crocheting, sewing, ceramics, gardening, and working puzzles.