Matilda Dollar
Booneville, Miss. Matilda Byrd Malcolm Dollar, 92, died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born May 15, 1916, in Morgan County, Georgia, to the late Henry Jefferson and Lucy Irene Malcolm. She was a 1937 graduate of Piedmont College in Demorest, Ga. She taught high school and elementary subjects at several schools including Eva, Austinville, Danville, Moulton Heights, West Morgan and Falkville in Morgan County. She was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church in Booneville, Miss. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, 2008, at Ridout''s Brown-Service Funeral Home in Decatur with Bro. J.C. Dollar officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery. She is survived by two daughters, Mildred Penny Dollar of Hartselle and Rita D. McCarter of Booneville; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Samuel Monroe Dollar; three brothers; and four sisters. Visitation will be 1 to 3 p.m. Friday at Ridout''s Brown-Service Funeral Home in Decatur. Pallbearers will be Brent McCarter, Shane McCarter, Gwin Pirkle, Dan Prater, Lamar Millwood and Jimmy Brazelton.