{"id":21647,"date":"2025-10-28T06:20:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=21647"},"modified":"2025-11-04T06:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:59:23","slug":"carol-sue-matson-80-of-houston-tx-formerly-of-shelbyville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/21647-carol-sue-matson-80-of-houston-tx-formerly-of-shelbyville\/","title":{"rendered":"Carol Sue Matson (80) of Houston, TX, formerly of Shelbyville"},"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>Carol Sue Matson was born December 2, 1944 to Carl\u00a0 and Helen Matson in Shelbyville Illinois. She passed away on October 3rd in Houston TX.<\/p>\n<p>Carol was musically gifted as a child, playing both the piano and the saxophone.\u00a0 She excelled in school and graduated second in her class at Beecher City High in 1962. Carol was an amazing seamstress with\u00a0 her proudest moment\u00a0 and most cherished accomplishment being the making of her daughter&#8217;s wedding dress.\u00a0 Carol always\u00a0 took\u00a0 pride in being a hard worker. She started working at the Beecher City Journal at the age of 14 and unknowingly started a lifetime and successful career in rhe printing industry.\u00a0 When technology changed in the industry she went back to college as a single mom and got her degree in data processing.\u00a0 She continued to work full-time until she was almost\u00a0 79 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Carol was pre deceased in death by her two sons Ronald Matherly\u00a0 and Robert Matherly, also both of her parents, two sisters, Mary Ellen Crose and Ruth Ann Dennis, and two brothers, Jim Matson and David Matson.<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by her daughter Margie Toles in Springfield Vermont, son Richard Matherly of Houston\u00a0 TX, sister Linda Bryant Blackerby of\u00a0 Houston,\u00a0 brother Bill Musson in\u00a0 Arizona, 3 grandchildren, three great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial service will be held on November 15 at 1pm at the United\u00a0 Methodist Church\u00a0 in Beecher City\u00a0 Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>We are all so sad to lose her, yet we rejoice in knowing that Carol&#8217;s days of suffering are over\u00a0 and she finally has peace in the loving arms of Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carol Sue Matson was born December 2, 1944 to Carl\u00a0 and Helen Matson in Shelbyville Illinois. 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