NEW ORLEANS — Funeral services for Bobby R. Matthews, 63, of New Orleans and formerly of Indianola, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Beulah MB Church, Indianola, with the Rev. Melvin Matthews officiating. He died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. Burial will be in Riverside Memorial Gardens, Indianola, under the direction of Byas Funeral Home, Indianola.
He is survived by his wife, Mildred Perryman Matthews, of New Orleans; daughter, La Tressia M. (Charlie) Williams, of New Orleans; sons, Shadric (Laken) Matthews, of New Orleans, and Marco Davis, of Indianola; sisters, Bertha Dezell and Lola (Lamar) Gardner, of Indianola; brother, O.L. Matthews Jr., of Detroit; seven grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.