Obituaries: Edward Petes Mathews, 1963, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 22, 1963 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites For Edward Mathews Held Dec. 20

Edward Peters Mathews, 64, of 200 West Boundary, Winnfield, died at his home
Sunday night, Dec. 18.  He was a native of Winnfield and spent most of his
lifetime in Shreveport where he was an accountant and hotel clerk, and
in Winnfield where he was associated in the operation of a Flower Shop with
his mother, Mrs. Josie Mathews.

Both he and his mother had retired from business several years ago.

Mr. Mathews was a member of the First Baptist Church.  He attended Washington
and Lee University and was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity.  He was a
grandson of the late Dr. J. J. Peters, prominent early physician of Winn
Parish.

Funeral services were conducted at Southern Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Tuesday
with Dr. W. L. Holcomb, pastor of the First Baptist Church officiating. 
Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Southern.

Cousins acted as pallbearers.  They were Joe Weeks, Kermit Simmons, Don Price,
James Weeks, Winfred Morgan, and A. B. Cox, Jr.,

Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Josie Mathews of Winnfield; two uncles, John
J. Peters, Jr., of Winnfield and Hines Peters of Pineville; three aunts,
Mrs. A. B. Collier of Baton Rouge, and Mrs. A. B. Cox and Mrs. Edwin
Simonton, both of Shreveport.