Mattie Medders

Funeral services for Mattie Laura Medders, 95, of Kilgore, formerly of Mexia will be held on Monday, October 26, 2009, 11:00 am, at Northcrest Church of Christ in Mexia with Chris Vidacovich of Kilgore officiating. Interment will be in Mexia cemetery under the direction of Blair Stubbs Funeral Home. Mrs. Medders passed from this life on Friday, October 23, 2009 at the Willows Nursing Home of Kilgore. She was born on January 5, 1914 in Douglas County, Georgia to Lindsay Bradley and Elsie Neal Bradley, and moved as a child to the Mexia area. She married William Harvey Medders, the love of her life, on July 15, 1937, and together they raised five children in the Kilgore area. After retiring, they moved back to Mexia, where she lived until 2005. She was a member of the Northcrest Church of Christ, and loved her church family. The family will receive friends on Sunday afternoon, October 25, 2009 from 2-4 at the funeral home. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Harvey Medders, two sons, Harvey Medders, Jr. and Jerry L. Medders, two great granddaughters; three brothers; and two sisters. She is survived by a son, Donnie Medders of Taft, Texas, a daughter Janice Lewis of Henderson, Padgett Scheibe of Murphy, Texas, two sisters, Elliott Wright of Mexia, and Virlula Brasher of Kilgore, Texas; and a daughter-in-law, Ann Medders Johnson of Mesquite, Texas. She is also survived by 13 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, and special friend, Ray Fessler of Houston, formerly of Mexia.