Matthew Weldon Mahoney
June 22, 1992 – November 3, 2025
Matthew Weldon Mahoney passed away, November 3, 2025, surrounded by his fiancé and family after a long battle with melanoma. He was 33.
Matthew was born on June 22, 1992 in Memphis, TN and raised in Mt. Pleasant, MS. He graduated with a B.A. in English from Blue Mountain College and was an admired General Manager at Little Italy Pizzeria in Auburn, AL, where he worked for the past 11 years. He leaves behind his fiancé, Devon Brown, parents Amy and Shannon Mahoney, brother Daniel, Uncle John, and many friends and loved ones.
He moved to Auburn with nothing but a small savings, one local friend, and an iron will. With that, he made a life to be proud of. He became the beloved leader of a local business, grew a large group of friends, and, with his fiancé Devon, was building a life and a home.
Matthew went from teaching his uncle to play DOOM while still in diapers to learning to build computers with his dad as he grew up. He continued to teach and learn at college, tutoring his fellow students and pushing himself in both math and literature. In his own time, he voraciously read about linguistics, philosophy, history, physics, chemistry, and more. If he didn’t know something, he was going to find out.
Throughout his life, when he wanted to know something, he learned everything there was to know about it, and used that knowledge to help others. Matt was the first person there when you needed help. Quiet, stalwart, witty, loving, and enduring.
Matthew’s name means “gift of God.” He was such a gift, and we are thankful for every moment we got to love and be loved by him.