Pike County GaArchives Obituaries.....Carreker, Martha H. Mathews September 19, 1897
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The Concord Enterprise, Concord, Georgia, Friday, September 24, 1897

Vol. 1, No. 10

A Sad Death

Many hearts were made to feel sad when the news reached us of the death of our 
beloved friend, Mrs. Mattie Mathews Carreker, who died at her home at 
Sullivan’s Mill last Sunday morning, after a lingering illness of typhoid 
fever.

To know her was to love her. She possessed all the qualities that constitute a 
pure Christian woman.

To us it seems strange that God should see fit to remove one so useful from 
this world. She was still quiet young, being only 27 years old. How it fills 
my heart with pain to think of her dear little motherless children, who will 
never know the love and tender training of [their] mother. God help their 
father to raise them to be useful Christian men and women. Never more shall we 
see dear Mattie here; she has gone to join her mother, who proceeded her only 
a few weeks. We feel sure Mrs. Mathews was waiting at the Pearly Gates to 
welcome her precious daughter home. Today they are shining as “bright stars in 
His Crown.”

A few days previous to her death she realized her latest sun was sinking fast. 
She requested that this song should be sung when she was laid to rest. She 
also expressed a desire to be buried beside her mother. The funeral services 
were conducted by Rev. E.W. Hammonds, of Griffin, at Zebulon Baptist church, 
Monday morning. Many relatives and friends were present to pay the last 
tribute of love and respect to this dear friend. - A Schoolmate - Concord, 
Ga., Sept. 21, 1897 [Transcribed 10 Feb 2008 Lynn Cunningham]

Additional Comments:

Mattie Mathews was a daughter of Dr. John Barnett Mathews. Born in Pike County 
Feb. 1870, she married John H. Carreker 10 February 1889 (in Pike County). She 
and John had 4 children, all of whom were living with their Mathews 
grandparents by the 1900 census.


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