Obituaries: James Linton "Runt" Mathews, 1958, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 30, 1958 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

J. L. Mathews, Former Dodson Mayor Succumbs

Funeral services for James Linton "Runt" Mathews, 49, former Dodson mayor,
were held Monday at 2:30 at Dodson Baptist Church.  He died Sunday morning
after an illness of several months.

Rev. Edgar Cripps, pastor of Dodson Baptist Church, conducted the services,
with burial in Zion Hill Cemetery near Tannehill, under direction of Edmonds
Funeral Home of Jonesboro.

Mr. Mathews was in the grocery and service station business in Dodson for
several years and served two terms as mayor.  He was first elected to the
Village Council in 1946 when the village was first incorporated, and in 1949
began serving the unexpired term of the late Maldon Payne.  He was elected
mayor for the next term and later resigned the office due to ill health.

Very active in community affairs, he was supervisor of the Ground Observer
Corp unit in Dodson, was active for several years with the Boy Scouts of
American in the Southwest District, was an honorary member and on the advisory
council of the Dodson FFA chapter, was on the school building committee, and
an ardent supporter of the athletic and other school programs.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mamie Kornegay Mathews, and one son, James
Lynn Mathews, both of Dodson; his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders of Oak Grove;
two brothers, Calvin Mathews of Jonesboro and Clinton Mathews of Oak Grove;
and one sister, Mrs. Clara Moffett of Tallulah.

Pallbearers were Edd House, R. G. Simpkins, J. Y. Terry, Carthal Payne, E. F.
Broomfield, Clayton Norred, Paul V. Gaar, and Grover Jeter.