Beloved wife of the late Casper Matlock Jr. She is survived by one son, Lawrence (Karen) Matlock; a special cousin, Maria Miller; other cousins and a host of family and friends.
Mrs. Matlock loved teaching. For 41 years she taught in the St. Louis Public School System. For 34 years she taught English at Sumner High School and served as the department head for 22 years until her retirement in 1986. She also taught at UMSL and the Older Adult Service and Information System of St. Louis.
She was the first African-American English department head appointed in St. Louis, the first to serve as president of the Greater St. Louis Council of Teachers of English, one of seven commissioned by Scholastic Book Services to write a Black Literature Series.
Services: April 3, 2009, Visitation at 10 am, service at 11 am, St. John AME Church, 1109 N. Kingshighway Blvd.