C.C. "Chet" Mathis, 92, a longtime resident of Parsons, died at 3:10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mary Etta and Dwaine Watson, in Parsons, where he had lived for the past four years. He had been in failing health. He was preceded in death by his wife, Wynell Mathis, on Dec. 31, 1985.

The service will at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to either Wesley United Methodist Church or Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice. These may be left at or sent to the funeral home, P.O. Box 374, Parsons, 67357.

Complete obituary details will be announced by the funeral home.