Matthew Chase Matthews

Matthew Chase Matthews, son of Trent and Laura Matthews, was born August 4, 1984 in Crystal City, Missouri. At the age of 9, after hearing a sermon, Matthew went to his room and accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour. He graduated as a homeschooler at Maranatha Baptist Church. While attending Pensacola Christian College, Matthew met Jessica Renee Coldren. Their friendship grew to a deep love, blessed and led by the perfect will of God. On February 14, 2004, they were united in matrimony at Maranatha Baptist Church. They were blessed with four beautiful children: Matthew “Chase”, Breanne, Gideon, and Lilah. Together they served at Thanks to Calvary Baptist Church and Boarding Academy before working at the Walmart Distribution Center. After working there for 7 years, God called Matt into full-time ministry as the music director of Maranatha Baptist Church and Academy. This is where his musical gifts shone their brightest. Matt was wholly dedicated to loving and serving his family. He loved being at home spending time with his wife and children. He was the epitome of a loving and devoted husband and father. Matt became a fervent student of God’s Word and loved to talk about Heaven. He modeled 2 Timothy 2:15. “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” In Matt’s last sermon he quoted from the hymn It is Well With My Soul, “and Lord haste the day when my faith shall be sight.” Matthew’s faith has now been made sight. Matthew is preceded in death by his grandparents, Gordon and Beatrice Day and Belmont and Mabel Matthews. He is survived by his wife, Jessica, their children, Chase, Breanne, Gideon, and Lilah; his parents, Trent and Laura Matthews; his siblings, Jared (Heather) Matthews, Rachel (Thomas) Bell, Merribeth (John) Napuunoa, and numerous nieces and nephews. Services were held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 24, 2015 in the Maranatha Baptist Church with Pastor Keith Carnahan officiating. A video of Matt singing “In the Calm” and another video of Matt and Jessie singing “Always By Our Side” were played. The congregation concluded the service by singing “How Great Thou Art”. Serving as escorts were T.J. Moore, Jared Matthews, Jimmy Weyandt, Tom Bell, Jim Leslie, John Napuunoa, Justin Day and Tyler Poole. Burial followed in the Sunset Memorial Estates Cemetery of Waynesville, Missouri. Services were under the direction of Memorial Chapels and Crematory of Waynesville / St. Robert. Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Matt Matthews and may be left at the funeral home or at Maranatha Baptist Church.

Matthew Chase Matthews

August 4, 1984 - October 20, 2015