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Funeral services for Jewell Hart Matkin, age 96, of Lindale, Texas were on March 12, at 1:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Lindale with Dr. Brian Nichols and Rev. David Attebury officiating. Private family interment will follow in the Simpsonville Cemetery in Gilmer, Texas with services under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale, Texas. Jewell went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 7, 2020. She was born in Simpsonville, Texas on June 7, 1923 to the late George Lafayette “Feddie” and Sevie (Puckett) Hart. On August 10, 1947, Jewell married Paul Matkin of Pittsburg, and spent 55 years together with him prior to his death in 2003. Jewell graduated with a Masters of Education from East Texas State University and retired as an elementary teacher, having taught at the Glenwood School in Upshur County, Fort Worth ISD, Austin ISD and Pittsburg ISD. Jewell loved traveling to different places, camping, watching birds out in nature and enjoyed playing games. She was a member of the First Baptist Church Lindale and was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Matkin; sister, Dorothy Hackler; brothers, Royce Hart and Arlis Hart; and great grandchild, Beckett Schulte.

Byron Lee Bass, of Mt. Vernon, went to be with his Lord and Savior, and walk on streets of gold, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Byron was born in St. Louis, MO., on July 2, 1948 to Joe and Nancy Taylor Bass. Much of his early childhood was spent in West Texas among oil and cotton fields, attending school through the IOth grade. In 1964, his family moved to Mt. Vernon, where he attended Mt. Vernon High School and graduated in 1966. While in high school, he played football, ran track, sang in the high school choir and had a major role in the Senior Play.

Mrs. Imogene Smith Plumlee, age 87, of Pittsburg, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in Mt. Pleasant. She was born November 2, 1932 in Nashville, Arkansas to Dee and Mildred Ludlam Smith. Mrs. Smith was a baptist and was retired from Sears.