Linda K. Matthews Obituary

Linda K. Matthews of Newark, Ohio passed away on October 1, 2026. Linda, born on October 30, 1958, shared life alongside family, friends, and others. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her parents, James Franklin Nichols and Audrey Nichols Pegan (Gibson); her siblings, Martha Pelfrey (Emmett), Virgie Nichols Harmon (Ronnie), Pauline Tolle, Bonnie Nichols, Robin Gragg (Henry), Albert Nichols, Bucky Nichols and Rex Nichols; her husband Robert "Bob" Matthews; her grandparents, Elliott, Ida Gipson (Collins), Minnie Nichols and Sugar Grant Nichols; and her nieces and nephews, Ronnie Mitchell, James Robert Pegan, Jonathon Campbell, Wayne Freeze, Minnie Elizabeth Pegan, Natoshia Pegan, Tammy Nichols and Natasha Starkey.

She is survived by: her siblings, Sonny Nichols (Virginia) of Washington Courthouse, James Nichols of Newark and Lori Allen (Lewis) of Newark; her close friend Kathy Holbrook Patrick; and her pets, Summer, Baby, Fancy and Channel. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, great-great-nieces and nephews.