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12-A Wednesday, Oct. 25, 1972
Sherman Matthews
Funeral services will be con-ducted
Wednesday at 10 a.m. at
Broadmoor Baptist Church for
Sherman Elbert Matthews, 27,
who died Tuesday morning from
injuries received Saturday in a
two-car accident on U.S. 71
south of Bossier City.
Mr. Matthews was one of the
32 initial students at Louisiana
State University School of Medi-cine
in Shreveport. He was a
senior at the school and would
have graduated with the first
class in May. He was a member
of a three-man student commit-tee
working with a faculty
committee planning commence-ment
exercises.
He had been a recipient of a
Mosby Book Award, given for
academic excellence, for the
past two years.
Matthews attended Sarepta
High School; Centenary College,
where he r e c e i v e d a B.S.
degree, and Northwestern State
University, where he received a
M.S. degree.
He was a member of Pi
Kappa Phi, national honorary
fraternity, and Tau Kappa Epsi-lon,
a social fraternity.
Mr. Matthews was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Matthews
of Sarepta, and was married to
the former Sandra Slack of
Cotton Valley. He was a native
of Winnsboro.
Other survivors include one
brother, Lonnie Dale Matthews,
of Sarepta; his maternal grand-parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Z.
Sikes of Shreveport, and his pa-ternal
grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Matthews of Sare-pta.
Dr. Scott L. Tatum, pastor of
Broadmoor Baptist Church, will
officiate at the services. Burial
will be in the Cotton Valley
Cemetery under the direction of
Osborn Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Ken Harri-son,
Dan Moller, Bill Wash-burne,
David Law, Carl Ri-chard,
Barry Rills, Tandy Mc-
Elwee and Jim McDonald.
The senior class at the medi-cal
school has established a
Sherman E. Matthews Memo-rial
Fund. Contributions can be
made through the Dean of
Student Affairs, LSU School of
Medicine at Shreveport.
The family requests that any
memorial contributions be sent
to the LSU School of Medicine
at Sheveport.
The School of Medicine will be
opened W e d n e s d a y , but all
classes will be suspended.
Object Description
| Title | Sherman Matthews |
| Subject |
Matthews, Sherman Elbert Obituaries Students, Medical Louisiana State University School of Medicine (Shreveport, La.) |
| Notes | photo of Sherman Matthews |
| Date | 10/25/1972 |
| Identifier | See reference URL on the navigation bar. |
| Source | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport Medical Library (http://lib.sh.lsuhsc.edu) |
| Language | en |
| Relation | http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm4/index_LSUHSCS_NPC.php?CISOROOT=/LSUHSCS_NPC |
| Coverage-Spatial | Shreveport (Caddo, La.) |
| Rights | Physical rights are retained by Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. |
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