Emily Colleen Matthews Hansen

Mrs. Emily Colleen Matthews Hansen, of Blackstone, passed away Friday,March 12, 2010. She was born March 1, 1928 in Sanford, N.C., the daughter of the late Ratha Cotten and Earl Lester Matthews, and was the widow of Claude Canut Hansen.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Katherine H. and Charlie Buck Wootton of Blackstone and Stacey H. and Garland Slonaker of Chesterfield; granddaughters, Jessica K. Wootton of Blacksburg and Emily Rebekah Slonaker of Chesterfield; a half-sister, Lenora M. Ram of Satellite Beach, Fla.; half-brothers, David Earl Matthew and James Elmon Matthews; and a sister-in-law, Frances H. Tinoco of Richmond.

She was also predeceased by her sister, Marie M. Coleburn Hardy, and is survived by her nephews, William Curtis Coleburn III and John Parks Coleburn.

Colleen was an employee of three Blackstone "institutions", Spencer's Drugstore, the Dairy Freeze, and Slaw's Restaurant, and was an avid bowler. She was a member of the Blackstone Baptist Church.

The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday, March 14 at the Joseph McMillian Funeral Home, 1826 Cox Road (Bus. Hwy. 460), near Blackstone. Graveside funeral services will be held 11 A.M., Monday, March 15, 2010 in Lakeview Cemetery.

Services tendered by Joseph McMillian Funeral Home, and condolences sent to www. mcmillianfuneralhome.com

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