HARTFORD, Ky. — Deborah Ann “Debbie” Matthews, 63, of Hartford, awakened in the arms of her heavenly father on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. She was born April 14, 1960, in Hartford, to Bonnie Allen Matthews and the late James Matthews.
Debbie was a homemaker and member of Independence Church in McHenry, Kentucky. She enjoyed hunting, fishing, and being in nature, but her favorite thing was spending time with her grandbabies and great-grandbabies.
Aside from her father, she was preceded in death by her sister, Brenda Shields, one grandson, one great-grandson, and several aunts and uncles.
She leaves behind to cherish her memory, her mother, Bonnie Matthews, of Beaver Dam, Kentucky; loving husband, Carl W. Frizzell, of Hartford; four children, April Matthews (Josh), of Beaver Dam, James (Bessie) Bradshaw, of Olaton, Kentucky, Joy (Robbie) Coble, of McHenry, and Jennifer West, of McHenry; 16 grandchildren, Amber (Sean) Vance, James (Tyler) Fulkerson, Hayden Kemp, Autumn Embry, Destiny (Collin) Thomas, Shalynn Bradshaw, Chelsea Bradshaw, Jamie LeAnne Bradshaw (Austin), Kandi Bradshaw, and James “Little Man” Bradshaw, Haley Coble, Jacoby Coble, Brendan Ray Coble, Jenna West, Jonathan Davis, and Jocelyn (Pedro) Martinez; nine great-grandchildren, Emma, Ivey, Liam, Wyat, Charles Hunter, Ryker, Rose, Jace, Paisley, and Kylan coming soon; brothers, Ricky (Susan) Matthews and David (Janie) Matthews, both of Hartford; and a host of cousins and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam with Bro. Brent Howard officiating. Burial will follow in Render Memorial Cemetery in McHenry. Friends may visit with Debbie’s family from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. until the time of the service Monday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, Debbie wished for her family to receive windchimes in her memory.
Online condolence may be left for the family of Deborah Ann “Debbie” Matthews by visiting her memorial at www.danksfuneralhome.com.
