{"id":14552,"date":"2026-02-25T09:08:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/?p=14552"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:08:28","slug":"mathis-gary-don","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/mathis-gary-don\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathis, Gary Don"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"obit-and-service__obituary\">\n<div class=\"obit-and-service__obituary__text\">\n<div class=\"obituary edit-container\">\n<div class=\"obituary-text edit\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Gary Don Mathis was born on November 14, 1942, and passed away on February 22, 2026, at the age of 83.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mr. Mathis was the son of the late Nelson Mathis and Elsie Williams Mathis. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Terry Mathis, and his sister, Hope McFarlin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">He is survived by his beloved wife of 60 years, Irene Warren Mathis. He is also survived by his children, Tammy Shaw of Bon Aqua, Tennessee; Tina Caldwell of Medina, Tennessee; and Greg (Sonja) Mathis of Meridianville, Alabama. He is further survived by his sisters, Joy Hutchison of Centerville, Tennessee; Sharon Armstrong of Duck River, Tennessee; and Patti Edwards of Centerville, Tennessee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mr. Mathis leaves behind a legacy of love in his grandchildren: LeAnn Brunner of Bon Aqua, Tennessee; Amanda Stapler of Waverly, Tennessee; Ashley Caldwell of Medina, Tennessee; Becky Henry of Medina, Tennessee; Anna Shockley of Huntsville, Alabama; and Andrew Mathis of Franklin, Tennessee, along with nine cherished great-grandchildren.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Gary was an active member of the Clearview Church of Christ and a dedicated member of the East Hickman Lions Club. He enjoyed spending time outdoors as an avid fisherman and was a passionate football enthusiast. Above all, he loved God, and his family and treasured the time spent with them.\u00a0 Visitation with the family will be 24 Feb 2026 from 10:00 AM &#8211; 12:00 PM at McDonald Funeral Home &#8211; Hickman County.\u00a0 Funeral Services will begin at 12:00 PM with burial to follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Centerville, TN.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Don Mathis was born on November 14, 1942, and passed away on February 22, 2026, at the age of 83. Mr. Mathis was the son of the late Nelson Mathis and Elsie Williams Mathis. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Terry Mathis, and his sister, Hope McFarlin. He is survived by his&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/mathis-gary-don\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[735,7389,697,147,2248,2507,123,2137,868,7391,7390,56,8],"class_list":["post-14552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mcdonaldfuneralhome","tag-armstrong","tag-brunner","tag-caldwell","tag-edwards","tag-henry","tag-hutchison","tag-mathis","tag-mcfarlin","tag-shaw","tag-shockley","tag-stapler","tag-warren","tag-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}