- Date Of Birth: September 21, 1957
- Date Of Death: January 14, 2014
- State: Missouri
Carol Suzanne Suzy Hudson Matthews of St. James, Mo. passed away at her home on Tuesday, January 14, 2014. She was 56 years, 3 months and 24 days of age.
Carol Suzanne Suzy Hudson Matthews of St. James, Missouri, was born on September 21, 1957 in Charleston, SC to her wonderful parents, Willard Emerson (Bill) Hudson and Helen Mae (Hedy Jane) Hudson. She attended Westminister Christian School and graduated in 1975 and attended the University of Miami and graduated from nursing school in Naples, Florida in 1980. Suzy was united in marriage to Robert Kenneth (Ken) Matthews in Naples, Florida on May 15, 1962 and they were married for 31 years.
Suzy began her nursing career at Naples Community Hospital in January of 1981 and served in oncology, radiology and special procedures. After moving to St. James, Mo. in 2001, Suzy worked as a nurse at the Missouri Veterans Home. She considered it an honor and privilege to take care of our country’s veterans and she cared for her patients as if they were her own family. She was proud to have been named Employee of the Month in 2007, an honor given to the top employee in system of all Veterans Homes in Missouri. She retired from nursing in 2009 because of health issues.
