Hope was born November 24, 1969, in Jackson, MS to Durward Mathews, Jr. and Barbara Hendrix Mathews. She graduated from Heard Co. High School in Franklin, GA, and went on to attend Mississippi State University, where she earned a BS in Communication and Journalism.
She was preceded in death by her father, and her brother, Sonny Mathews. She is survived by her mother, Barbara Hendrix Mathews of Louisville; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Pallbearers will be Gene Childs, Chris Childs, Scott Hendrix, Chip Ellis, and Ashley Kuhn.
Memorials may be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Assn. of Mississippi, www.mda.org.
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