Katherine Matthews, co-founder of Columbia, S.C.-based Modern Exterminating Co., passed away Oct. 4, 2016 — a day after her company’s 61st anniversary. She was 92.
Matthews and her late husband, George Sr., founded Modern Exterminating in 1955 and it remains the oldest family-owned pest management firm in Columbia. She retired in 2011. Matthews was also a founding member of the Zonta Club of Columbia, a board member of the Columbia Music Festival Association, and the benefactor of a dance studio at the USC School of Dance.
Grandson G. Glenn Matthews III continues his grandparents’ legacy of promoting Modern Exterminating as a company that offers “corporate-level services backed by small-business values.”
Memorials may be made to the Clemson University Foundation for The George G. Matthews, Sr. Endowment for Humanities Library Resources (B2081), P.O. Box 1889, Clemson, SC 29633.
The PMP staff expresses its condolences to Matthews’ family, friends and colleagues.
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