TITLE:   Alda Matthews Coward

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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COWARD, Alda
Entered into eternal rest on the morning of October 15, 2001, Alda 
Matthews Coward, widow of Clauson L. Coward, residence North 
Charleston, SC. The relatives and friends are invited to attend her 
funeral services Wednesday at 1:00 o'clock in North Charleston United 
Methodist Church. Interment, Carolina Memorial Gardens. Friends may 
call at J. Henry Stuhr, Inc., North Area Chapel Tuesday between 5 and 
7 o'clock. Mrs. Coward was born November 18, 1913 in Coward, SC, the 
daughter of Capers A. Matthews and Alice Cockfield Matthews. She was a
charter member of North Charleston United Methodist Church. She 
retired from Condons Department Stores. She was Past Queen with the 
Daughters of the Nile and Past Royal Matron with the Order of Amaranth.
She is survived by two sons: C. Ronald Coward of Mt. Pleasant, SC and 
Gary Matthews Coward of Charleston, SC; three grandchildren: John 
Matthews Coward, C. Ronald Coward, Jr. and Elizabeth Alice Coward; 
two great-grandchildren: Clauson Ronald Coward, III and Addie Bridgham 
Coward; one sister: Cleola M. Moody of Edgefield, SC; two brothers: 
Billy G. Matthews of Florence, SC and Reverend Thomas F. Matthews of 
Manning, SC; three sisters-in-law: Mrs. Randolph (Christine) Matthews,
Mrs. Ashton (Foye) Matthews and Mrs. Thelma Coward Buddin.
Memorials may be made to North Charleston United Methodist Church, 
1125 East Montague Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405.(Published Oct 
16, 2001)

COWARD, Alda
MILCAH TEMPLE 77 DAUGHTERS OF THE NILE: THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS are 
invited to attend the funeral services of our past Queen and late 
member, Alda Matthews Coward, Wednesday at 1:00 o'clock in North 
Charleston United Methodist Church. By Order Of: Carolyn Buckhannon,  
Queen Delores Jacoby, P.Q., Recorder (Published Oct 16, 2001)

COWARD, Alda
The relatives and friends of Alda Matthews Coward, widow of Clauson L. 
Coward are invited to attend her funerals services in North Charleston 
United Methodist Church this Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock.
Interment will follow in Carolina Memorial Gardens. Friends may call 
at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., NORTH AREA CHAPEL, 2119 Dorchester Road. 
Memorials may be made to North Charleston United Methodist Church, 
1125 East Montague Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405.
(Published Oct 17, 2001)
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