{"id":12393,"date":"2025-06-16T15:27:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=12393"},"modified":"2025-06-16T15:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:27:32","slug":"matthew-a-rodebaugh-50-of-benton-kentucky-formerly-of-greenup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/12393-matthew-a-rodebaugh-50-of-benton-kentucky-formerly-of-greenup\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew A. Rodebaugh (50) of Benton, Kentucky, formerly of Greenup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Matthew A. Rodebaugh, 50, of Benton, Ky. passed away on Sunday June 15, 2025, at the Marshall County Hospital in Benton, Ky.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial visitation will be from 2:00 to 4:00 pm on Saturday June 21, 2025, at the Barkley Funeral Chapel in Greenup, IL. A Celebration of Life service will begin at 4:00 pm. The burial will be at a later date in the Harmony Cemetery rural Greenup.<\/p>\n<p>Matt was born on June 22, 1974, in Charleston, IL to William \u201cBill\u201d and Mary Lou (McMillan) Rodebaugh.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors include brother Terry Rodebaugh; sisters Penny (Brian) Chrysler and Gail (Kevin) Hoedebecke; sister in laws Rose and Tina; eight nieces and nephews; nine great nieces and nephews and one great great niece.<\/p>\n<p>Matt was preceded in death by his parents and brother James \u201cRodey\u201d Rodebaugh.<\/p>\n<p>Matt was working at Walmart in Benton for many years. And did odd jobs and landscaping for the Kentucky Dam Village. Matt was an avid outdoors man and loved nature. He enjoyed rod and reel fishing and mushroom hunting. He was Dale Earnhardt Sr.\u2019s biggest fan and might have had a slight addiction to flea markets and auctions. He could never have enough \u201cJunk\u201d. Matt could make you laugh just by hearing his own laugh and he did it often. He knew no stranger and will be missed by all who knew him.<\/p>\n<p>Online condolences can be expressed at www.barkleyfuneralchapels.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew died on Sunday, June 15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Matthew A. 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