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From 1946 to 1948 Matthews was a Mormon missionary in California, a portion of the Western States Mission of the LDS Church. His mission president was Oscar W. McConkie, father of Bruce R. McConkie.
In the 1970s, Matthews served on the Church Adult Correlation Committee of LDS Church. Earlier he had served as a bishop and high councilor and stake president. In the mid-1990s, Matthews was the first president of the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple. At the time of his death he was serving as a stake patriarch.
Matthews was the chief editor of the LDS Church's 1979 Bible Dictionary, which is printed together with the church's English-language edition of the King James Bible.
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