Kristie "Ke-Ke" Marie Mathis

Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at Ridgecrest Baptist Church with Rev. Lloyd Blank officiating. Burial will follow in Gardens of Memory Cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home on West Main Street directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 until 8 p.m. on Tuesday. At other times the family will be at the Vance home, 104 Meadowlark Lane in Dothan.

Flowers are being accepted or memorials may be made to Children’s Hospital, 1600 Seventh Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, 35233.

Kristie was born on November 12, 1993 in Dothan, AL and lived the early years of her life in Eufaula. She later moved to Dothan where she lived the remainder of her life. Kristie was an active member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church. She loved Vacation Bible School and was able to be a part of that this summer. She especially loved Imprinting with the children. She was a doting big sister who loved being “Ke-Ke” to her twin brother and sister. She also showed a very special love and concern to her mother during her illness.

She is survived by her parents, Rex and Trent Mathis and her twin brother and sister, Reagan and Cameron Mathis, all of Dothan; grandparents, Robbie and Gloria Vance and Quinette Spurlock, all of Dothan; a great-grandmother, Martha T. Smith of Opelika; several aunts, uncles, and cousins also survive.

Arrangements under the direction of Byrd Funeral Home, Dothan, Alabama.