Mrs. Alice Matthews Ezzell

December 30, 1920 - January 10, 2017

Mrs. Alice Ernestine Matthews Ezzell, age 96 of Marietta formerly of Rockmart passed away Tuesday evening, January 10, 2017. Mrs. Ezzell was born December 31, 1920 in Walton County, daughter of the late Claude Ernest Matthews and the late Omie Claudine Whitley Matthews. She was a graduate of Rockmart High School and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Education from West Georgia College. She was a retired educator having taught at the Goodyear Elementary School of Rockmart and retiring from the Elizabeth Elementary School of Marietta. Mrs. Ezzell was a former member of the Second Baptist Church of Rockmart and currently a member of the Eastside Baptist Church of Marietta where she loved to play the guitar for the Happy Timers Band. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Agnes Gregory and Bernice Speir; and two brothers, Gordon Matthews and Calvin Matthews. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Hank and Jo Ezzell of Marietta and Tony and Kathy Ezzell of Cedar Bluff, Alabama; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral graveside and interment services for Mrs. Ezzell will be held on Saturday, January 14th at 2:00 p.m. in the family lot of the Rockmart Memorial Gardens with Rev. David Warriner officiating. Freeman Harris Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral graveside service for Mrs. Alice Matthews Ezzell.