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                  <text>1n Loving Memory

of

~nna Matthews 1loc er

~riaay, Ylpri[ 11, 2003
1:00 p.m.

Consofiaatecf 'Baptist Cfiurcfi
544 Soutli 'Upper Street
Le~ngton, 'l(f,ntucf(y

~v. 'l?jcfianf (jaines, officiating

�Obituary
Anna Mathews Hocker was born on September 30, 1920 to
the late Janie Murphy (Mathews) and Augustus Mathews Sr. in
Lexington , Kentucky.
She was a loyal and faithful member of the Consolidated
Missionary Baptist Church, where she served on the Missionary
Board, the Culinary Group and part of the Young at Heart.
She served 25 years with the Lexington Blue Grass Army
Depot, where she received a certificate of retirement.
Preceded in death by husband Walter Lee Hocker; brothers
Augustus Mathews Jr. and Robert Murphy; sister Wilma Simms;
daughter Johnella (Shackelford) Dunn; granddaughter Talitha
(Dunn) Sorrell and grandson Michael Dunn.
Survived by her sisters, Luzetta Holman. Pauline Williams
and brothers, Harold and Donald Mathews. and Mitchell Murphy;
children, Walter Lee Hocker Jr.. Dwayne Hocker; granddaughters, Joyce Dunn, Toni (Dunn) Perry and grandsons. Ira Lee and
Jason Hocker and Avery Dunn; 12 great grandchildren, nieces and
nephews, cousins and friends.

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The famil y of Anna Mathews Hocker wishes lo acknowledge with
sincere appreciation all acts of kindness and sympathy shown to them
during their time of bereavement. May God continue to richly bless
each and every one of you.

�PaflEearers
Jerome Dawson
Augustus Dawson
Rodney Dawson
Jermaine Dunn
Vandre Dawson
Renardo Perry

A loved one from us is gone
A voice we loved is stilled
God loaned to us a wonder/it! Woman, a devoted W{fe,
And a caring mother and wonderful friend.
Pleasant Memories shall always be in our Hearts
God make us Brave for L~fe
Let us straighten after Pain
as a tree straightens c~fter rain.

Arrangements by:

Smith &amp; Smith Funeral Home
340 East Third Street • Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 255-6273

"Where Service Is Measured Not By Gold,
But By The Golden Rule."

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