Walter James Matthews

July 26, 1948 - March 12, 2022

WALTER JAMES MATTHEWS 73 BORN IN COLUMBUS, MS TO EMMA AND PERCY MATTHEWS. WALTER ATTENDED MUNCIE AREA SCHOOLS BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE US ARMY. WALTER RETIRED FROM FISERV WAREHOUSE AFTER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE. WALTER WAS THE PATRIARC OF HIS FAMILY AND WAS AFFECTIONALLY KNOWN AS “WALT,” “BABY BROTHER,” “BAE BRUH,” “DADDY,” “PAWPAW,” AND “GRANDDADDY.” WALTER CONFESSED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AND WAS CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF SUNRISE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. WALTER WAS A PASSIONATE FISHERMAN WHO WOULD SIT ON THE BANKS FOR HOURS AT A TIME. HE LOVED WATCHING SPORTS AND OLD TV SHOWS. HE LOVED BARBECUING FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND CALLED HIMSELF THE KING OF BARBECUE. WALTER LOVED HIS FAMILY, FAMILY GATHERINGS AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS CHILDREN. WALTER LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS FOUR CHILDREN FELECHIA (GARY) MAY, JAMES RAY MATTHEWS, ERICA MATTHEWS AND MONICA MATTHEWS ALL OF INDIANAPOLIS, IN. MOTHER OF CHILDREN HATTIE LEWIS. HONORARY SON MARK POWERS. SISTERS VICTORI (PHYLLIS) PAIGE AND DELORIS (DEE) THOMAS. STEPCHILDREN JERNICE JACKSON, FREDRICKA JOHNSON AND RENADA WINSTON. HE HAD 9 GRANDCHILDREN, 6 GREAT-GRANDCHILDEN; A HOST OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHOM HE HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH, INCLUDING DIANE BRUNO AND TWILA PARKER WHOM HE WAS RAISED WITH LIKE SIBLINGS. WALTER WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE FREDIA MATTHEWS, HIS PARENTS PERCY AND EMMA LEE MATTHEWS, SISTERS CLASSY (SAMUAL) McCARTY AND MARY (REV JAMES) RIDLEY AND GRANDSON JAMES RAY MATTHEWS JR. Walter James Matthews, 73, passed on March 12, 2022. Visitation and services will be on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at Sunrise Missionary Baptist Church, 1831 Bellefontaine Street. Visitation from 10-12pm with services to follow at 12pm. Entombment will be in Washington Park North Cemetery. Please keep the family in your prayers.