{"id":34970,"date":"2022-02-07T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T03:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=34970"},"modified":"2022-02-08T00:01:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T04:01:21","slug":"hillary-matthews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=34970","title":{"rendered":"In Loving Memory of Hillary Matthews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34972\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"1060\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o.jpg\" alt=\"Hillary Matthews - Photo by Cody Perry Photography\" class=\"wp-image-34972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o.jpg 708w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o-326x488.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o-700x1048.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Hillary Matthews &#8211; Photo by Cody Perry Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Hillary Matthews was a well loved entertainer out of Durham, North Carolina. &nbsp;Hillary sadly passed away in April of 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Part of the North Carolina Sugar family and highly regarded for her kindness and generosity, we salute the artistry that was Hillary Matthews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Titles and Awards<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=34767\">Honorary Miss Gay North Carolina USofA 2017<\/a><br><\/strong>Awarded Posthumously<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=51582\"><strong>Miss Gay Western North Carolina USofA 2017<\/strong><\/a><br>Prelim to Miss Gay North Carolina USofA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=51469\">Miss Pulse 2017<\/a><br><\/strong>(Pulse Ultra Club &#8211; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=34975\"><strong>1st Alternate to Miss Gay South Carolina USofA 2016<\/strong><\/a><br>Prelim to Miss Gay USofA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=90592\">Raleigh Entertainer of the Year, F.I. 2015<\/a><\/strong><br>Prelim to North Carolina Entertainer of the Year, F.I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/17798927_142264749638376_5639423052176302956_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"352\" height=\"467\" data-id=\"51466\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/17798927_142264749638376_5639423052176302956_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/17798927_142264749638376_5639423052176302956_n.jpg 352w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/17798927_142264749638376_5639423052176302956_n-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/17798927_142264749638376_5639423052176302956_n-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/17798927_142264749638376_5639423052176302956_n-326x433.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Hillary Matthews<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/17796479_961033794032801_1519102207308004161_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"51465\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/17796479_961033794032801_1519102207308004161_n.jpg\" alt=\"Hillary Matthews\" class=\"wp-image-51465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/17796479_961033794032801_1519102207308004161_n.jpg 620w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/17796479_961033794032801_1519102207308004161_n-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/17796479_961033794032801_1519102207308004161_n-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/17796479_961033794032801_1519102207308004161_n-326x505.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Hillary Matthews<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"1060\" data-id=\"34972\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o.jpg\" alt=\"Hillary Matthews - Photo by Cody Perry Photography\" class=\"wp-image-34972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o.jpg 708w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o-326x488.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13054968_10208103500559796_1040480223866029129_o-700x1048.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Hillary Matthews &#8211; Photo by Cody Perry Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hillary-matthews-links\">Hillary Matthews: Performance History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some events and venues that Hillary has been part of include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">South Carolina<\/span><\/strong><ul><li><strong>Myrtle Beach<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=123152\">Pulse Ultra Club<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hillary-matthews-links\">Hillary Matthews: Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hillary.matthews.12\">Facebook<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hillary Matthews was a well loved entertainer out of Durham, North Carolina. &nbsp;Hillary sadly passed away in April of 2017&#8230;. <span class=\"gridview-grid-post-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=34970\">read more<span class=\"gridview-sr-only\"> In Loving Memory of Hillary Matthews<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22,28,30],"class_list":["post-34970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainers","tag-in-loving-memory","tag-north-carolina","tag-south-carolina","wpcat-6-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}