COLERAIN – Justin Allen Matthews, age 22 of Colerain, passed away on June 9, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville.

He was born on November 10, 1991 to Jeffery Matthews and Dorothy Kay Hall in Ahoskie. Justin was a graduate of Lawrence Academy and was an avid outdoorsman. He loved hunting and duck hunting was his favorite. He took great pride in calling them in. Justin also enjoyed the beach and farming.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Thelma and Rufus Kearney; and paternal grandfather, Jessie Matthews

Left to cherish his memory are his mother, Dorothy Kay Hall and husband Greg of Harrellsville; father, Jeffrey Matthews and his wife Sherrie of Colerain; grandmother, Edna Matthews of Colerain; sister, Bri-anna Edwards and husband William of Greenville; brother, Adam Hapgood and wife Pamela of Wilmington; two step-sisters, Brittney Dunlow and husband David, and Audrey Hall of Ahoskie, along with numerous aunts and uncles and a host of cousins.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, June 10, 2014 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Garrett-Sykes Funeral Service – Ahoskie Chapel, Ahoskie.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Garrett-Sykes Funeral Service – Ahoskie Chapel, Ahoskie, with the Rev. Mike Willard officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Memorial Gardens.

Garrett-Sykes Funeral Service – Ahoskie Chapel is handling the arrangements for the Matthews family and online condolences can be directed to the family by visiting www.garrettsykesfs.com.