Tanya Marie Matthews
December 6, 1957 ~ April 22, 2023
Marietta Southern Cremations & Funerals
Tanya Marie Matthews of Atlanta, Georgia, departed this life Saturday, April 22, 2023.
Tanya was born on December 6,1957, in Los Angeles, California, to Colleen Kidd and Eugene Gardere.
Tanya was loving and outspoken. She loved music, dancing, and writing poetry.Tanya had a deep passion for helping people in need and cherished her time working with FEMA and the Barack Obama campaign. She cherished her grandchildren with all her heart and enjoyed seeing them grow. Although her body is no longer on this earth, her spirit lives on.
Tanya was preceded in death by her father Eugene Gardere and sister Sonya Kidd.
She leaves to cherish her memory: her loving son, Darrell Boykin, daughter, LaTanya Frierson of Atlanta, Georgia; Daughter-in-law Rayshele Boykin and Son-in-law Jarett Frierson; Mother, Colleen Kidd; 9 grandchildren, Mikaiya Frierson, Amaiya Frierson, Lauryn Frierson, Evan Frierson, Omar Boykin, Ny'e Boykin, Darrell Eugene Boykin, Chmyria Boykin, Imari Boykin; 3 great grandchildren, Nyle Evans, Khyson, Kemari Boykin.
She also leaves 3 brothers, Maurice Gardere, Marcell Gardere, and Leon Gardere and a host of relatives and friends who will miss her.
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To Tanya Marie’s Family and Friends:
Without the benefit of a very long-term relationship, we feel privileged to have experienced Tanya Marie’s charm and compassion for the endeavors she strongly believed in. When visiting DC for President Obama’s 2009 inauguration, she stayed at our home – she was over-the-moon with enthusiasm and a sense of fulfillment for her contribution to the President’s victory and witnessing the celebration on a firsthand basis. The fact that our heating system failed during one of the coldest January’s on record did nothing to dampen her warm charm and high spirit. “Gone from our sight, but never from our hearts.”
Dr. & Mrs. Woodson, Sterling, VA
What a lovely season of laughter, antiquing, swapping recipes, tears and more laughter and best of all… being sisters in Christ. I will forever treasure our friendship!
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. We are praying for comfort and peace during this difficult time. Love, cousins Bridget, James and Sabrina