Kennith Leroy Mathes

Kennith Leroy Mathes, of Iron Mountain, Missouri, passed away on Friday, January 17, 2025, at The Baptist Home in Arcadia Valley at the age of 93 years. He was born on October 10, 1931 in Oates, Missouri. Growing up as the eldest of five children in the home of his parents, Otho and Gladys (Wood) Mathes, he learned the value of hard work at an early age. Kennith was raised in church, and at the age of 16, he gave his heart and life to God. Over the years, Kennith, Erma, and their children attended Fredericktown Second Baptist Church, and then Iron Mountain First Baptist Church when he bought the family farm in Iron Mountain in 1967. He served as a Sunday School Superintendent, Sunday School teacher, Training Union director, and a Deacon of the church for many years. Kennith made it a point to read his Bible on a daily basis, share the Word of God with those he came in contact with, and most of all praying for his family and anyone in need of prayer. On July 2, 1953 he was united in marriage to Erma...