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Mable MATTHEWS

Mable MATTHEWS

Female 1923 - 2017  (94 years)

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  • Name Mable MATTHEWS 
    Born 5 Mar 1923  St Martin Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 6 Dec 2017  st Martin Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I158  Alex Potier Family
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2025 

    Father Henry "Vavaseur" MATTHEWS,   b. 1896,   d. 1965  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Nola CHARLES 
    Family ID F187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family ALLEN called (Gee) POTIER, Sr.,   b. 12 Dec 1919, St Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 2003, St martin Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Children 
     1. Leroy POTIER,   b. 1943,   d. Nov 1943  (Age 0 years)
     2. Carroll Paul POTIER,   b. 28 Sep 1944,   d. 26 Jun 2013, Breaux Bridge St Martin Parish, Loui Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     3. Harold POTIER
     4. Dennis POTIER
     5. Milton POTIER,   b. 16 Sep 1952,   d. 6 Sep 2018  (Age 65 years)
     6. Allen POTIER, Jr.,   b. 12 Jan 1957,   d. 20 Jul 2012  (Age 55 years)
     7. Joyce POTIER
     8. Jeannie POTIER
     9. Mary POTIER
     10. Brenda POTIER
     11. Richard POTIER
     12. Lawrence POTIER
     13. Jimmie POTIER
     14. Jerry POTIER
     15. Betty POTIER
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F34  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Mabel Mathews at age 7 on the 1930 Census with Mother, Father and siblings, notice on the same page Hypolite Potier on the same page and other Potier members


  • Notes 
    • Mable Matthew's Obituary

      Breaux Bridge - A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 am on Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Breaux Bridge for Mable M. Potier, 94, who passed away on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at St. Martin Hospital.

      The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Bethlehem Baptist Church from 7:00 am until 10:30 am on Wednesday.

      She is survived by her sons, Harold Potier and wife Barbara, Dennis Potier and wife Priscilla, Milton Potier, Richard Potier, and Lawrence Potier, Sr. and wife Claudette; her daughters, Joyce Joseph and husband Linton, Jeannie Calais, Mary Potier, and Brenda Potier and husband Chester Babineaux; her brother, Clarence Matthew; her sisters, Alice Benoit and Mary Jane Matthew; 41 grandchildren; and numerous great, great-great, great-great-great, and great-great-great-great grandchildren.



      She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry "Vavaseur" Matthew and Nola Charles; her husband, Allen Potier, Sr.; three sons, Carol Potier, Leroy Potier, and Allen Potier, Jr.; two daughters, Betty Bonhomme and Beverly Potier; infant twin sons, Jerry and Jimmy Potier; her brothers, Alex Matthew, Jimmy Matthew, Andrew Matthew, Joseph Matthew, Lennis Matthew, and Henry Matthew, Jr.; her sisters, Beatrice Bourda and Mary Lou White; and her sons-in-law, Herman Calais, Sr. and Howard Bonhomme, Jr.



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