Individual Details

GORDO Mary Elizabeth Bedford Mattill, age 88, of Gordo, died August 31, 2013, at Heritage Health Care of Northport. A private burial will be held with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew J. Mattill; her parents, Edward Monroe Bedford, Sr. and Belle Maxwell Bedford; her brothers, Edward Bedford and Jack Bedford; and sister, Audrey Bedford.

She leaves behind her loyal caregivers, Jeff and Carole Campbell, and special friends, Mary Nell Floyd, Fern Mullenix and her “angel”, Sandra Fife Johnson. After the death of her husband these friends' visits and friendship meant the world to her.

Mrs. Mattill was born and raised in the Flatwoods Community of Gordo, Alabama. She graduated from Gordo High School and later earned degrees from The University of Montevallo and The University of Alabama. She taught school for a short time in Gordo and then became a librarian at Berry College in Rome, Georgia before retiring and returning home to Flatwoods. Mr. and Mrs. Mattill loved reading, the outdoors and all of nature. Mrs. Mattill was an avid walker up until her illness. It was not unusual for the neighbors in Flatwoods to see her walking up and down the road several times a day, no matter what the season. She was, also, the neighborhood watch, knowing when everyone was leaving or coming home and what was going on in the community. She will be missed by her Flatwoods' neighbors.

Her caretakers would like to express thanks to Merrill Gardens, Heritage Health Care, and her friends whose visits brightened her day.

Mary and her husband were authors of "A Classified Bibliography of Literature on the Acts of the Apostles," 1966

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Birth	5 Aug 1925	Gordo, Pickens County, Alabama
Census (family)-shared	2 Apr 1930	(Edward Monroe Bedford Sr. and Belle Maxwell) Raleigh, Pickens County, Alabama
Census (family)-shared	18 Apr 1940	(Edward Monroe Bedford Sr. and Belle Maxwell) Pickens County, Alabama
Death	31 Aug 2013	Northport, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Burial		Gordo City Cemetery, Pickens County, Alabama

Spouse

Andrew Jacob Mattill Jr. (1924 - 2011)

Father	Edward Monroe Bedford Sr. (1883 - 1975)
Mother	Belle Maxwell (1888 - 1950)
Sibling	Edward Monroe Bedford Jr. (1916 - 2007)
Sibling	Thomas Jackson Bedford (1918 - 2013)
Sibling	Audrey Virginia Bedford (1927 - 2007)

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