Charles Arthur Mattox

Funeral for Charles Arthur Mattox, 86, of Falkville will be Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006, at 1:30 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Willie Delashaw officiating.
Burial will be in Hartselle Memory Gardens. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mr. Mattox, who died Friday, Feb. 10, 2006, at Decatur General Hospital, was born June 1, 1919, in Lauderdale County to James Carl Mattox Sr. and Lillian Mae Bigler Mattox. He was retired from Wolverine Tube and was also a farmer. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the South Pacific. He enjoyed restoring and collecting tractors and mostly reminiscing with family and friends. His sister, Helen Elizabeth Hall, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma Cooper Mattox; one son, Russell Martin Mattox of Decatur; one daughter, Sarah Ann Roberts of Hartselle; four stepsons, Don Jones of Falkville, Richard Jones of Canton, Ohio, Joseph Lingle of Harvest and Timothy Lingle of Pelham; two brothers, James Carl Mattox Jr. of Pensacola, Fla., and Robert L. Mattox of Fultondale; five grandchildren; and 11 stepgrandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Billy Ray Smith, Felix Harden Jr., Charles Turrentine, Enoch Jones, James Jones and Spencer Jones.