Matthew Charles Heier

Matthew Charles (Chew) Heier, 24, died March 23, 2007 in Portland, Oregon. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at St. Catherine Catholic Church with Father Davis Chackaleckel as Celebrant. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Friday from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Columbia Central High School Football Field House, c/o Vance Belew, 921 Lion Parkway, Columbia 38401. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. A native of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, his family moved to Columbia and became actively involved in numerous church and community activities. "Chew" was a a member of the Columbia Central High School football team for four years, Track & Field team, served on the Student Council and served as Student Body Vice-President. He was elected "Most Popular" of the graduating Class of 2001. He was a graduate of Teen Leadership Maury and was a Teen Leader for the Maury County YMCA. He was a communicant of St. Catherine Catholic Church and was active in the Catholic Youth Organization. He attended Columbia State Community College, Hi-Tech Massage Therapy School in Nashville, and Pellissippi State in Knoxville. Survivors include his mother, Barbara Jean Hopkins Heier and father, Steven James Heier of Columbia; two sisters, Kristen Heier (Jared) Mach of Charlottesville, Virginia and Beth Heier of Columbia; a brother, Jonathan Heier of Columbia; special friend, Amanda Kaufman of Portland, Oregon; paternal grandparents, Helen and James Heier of Vernon Hills, Illinois; aunts, Cathy Hopkins (Norman) Mattson of Erie, Pennsylvania; Darlene Heier (George) Rairigh of Elyria, Ohio, and Diana Heier (Scott) Barnett of Chicago, Illinois; uncles, Robert "Bo" (Penny) Hopkins of Erie, Pennsylvania and Richard (Patty) Heier of Avon Lake, Ohio; great-aunt, Mary Evelyn Hopkins of Honolulu, Hawaii; great-uncle, George P. Heier of Kansas City, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Ethel and Dr. Robert Charles Hopkins of Erie, Pennsylvania. Active pallbearers are Brandon Pruitt, Timothy Baker, Michael Baker, Landon Nickell, Andy Kenney, Sam Lettiere, Ross Sowell, Jared Sweeney, Bo Pugh, and Lt. Bill Denton. Honorary pallbearers include Jason Puckett, Luke Dillon, Daniel Pruitt, Dustin Norman, Ed Vasquez, Zeke Hunter, Will Fischer, Madison Turner, Preston Carroll, Kyle Rowekamp, Mark Dillon, Officer Terry Peery, Royde Weaks, Bo Hopkins, Norm Mattson, Gary Hendley, James Martin, Janetta Robertson, CHS Peace In Action 1998-2001, Mary Ann Lynn, 2000 - 2001 CHS Football Team, CHS Football Coaches, Vance Belew, Andra Bullock, Phillip Wright, D. J. Thaxton, Sam Adams, Jeff Joffin, Keith Crawford, Orlando Cox, Randy Smith.