NAME: VENUS MAY (SMALLWOOD) MATHIS, AGE 91, A COAL COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 8, 1915 IN PHILLIPS, OK TO ALLISON AND MINNIE (PAYNE) SMALLWOOD. PASSED AWAY: MAY 17, 2007 IN COALGATE, OK AGE: 91 YEARS 7 MONTHS 9 DAYS EDUCATION: VENUS ATTENDED SCHOOL IN PHILLIPS, OK. MARRIED: J. D. MATHIS IN 1932 AT PHILLIPS, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A RANCHER AND HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH SURVIVED BY SON: LEE ROY MATHIS AND WIFE ADEAN OF WAPANUCKA, OK. SISTER: PAT RODRIGUEZ OF HOUSTON, TX. BROTHER: JAMES SMALLWOOD OF LINDSAY, OK. GRANDDAUGHTER: DIANNA JONES AND HUSBAND ROBBIE OF HOLDENVILLE, OK. GRANDSONS: JOHN LEE MATHIS AND WIFE DONNA OF MABANK, TX. ALLEN MATHIS OF MABANK, TX PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ALLISON AND MINNIE SMALLWOOD. HUSBAND: J. D. MATHIS ON JUNE 12, 1994. SONS: JOHN HENRY AND EUGENE MATHIS. SISTERS: VIOLA HENDRIX AND MARY LOU CHOATE. BROTHERS: MARVIN, ARVEL, AND OSCAR SMALLWOOD.

DATE OF SERVICE: MONDAY, MAY 21, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: COALGATE CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. BILL WEATHERS. CASKETBEARERS: JOHN LEE MATHIS, ALLEN MATHIS, ROBERT JONES, STORMY LOVINGGOOD