Gates County NcArchives Obituaries.....Mathias, Erma Lee Polson 2000 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bruce Saunders bs4403@verizon.net November 15, 2021, 2:47 pm VIRGINIAN PILOT – 02-12-2000 ERMA LEE POLSON MATHIAS CORAPEAKE – Erma Lee Polson Mathias, 86, of the 1300 block of NC 32N, died Feb. 10, 2000, in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk. Mrs. Mathias was born in Gates County. The daughter of the late George Thomas and Mrs. Diana Brinkley Polson, she was a homemaker. An Active member of Eureka Baptist Church, she was involved in the Ida K. Brinkley Sunday School Class, the Fannie Knight King Circle, the Young at Heart Senior Group, and had been in the choir for 58 years. Preceded in death by her husband Louis P. Mathias Sr. on Oct. 15, 1999, she is survived by two daughters, Margaret M. Dale of Corapeake and Eunice M. Carr and her husband, Ivan, of Virginia Beach; a son, Louis P. Mathias Jr. and his wife, Louise, of Corapeake; eight grandchildren, Mark Mathias, Bill Jones, Debbie Eure, Mike Carr, David Mathias, Tracey Carr, Doug Carr, and Thomas Dale; and six great-grandchildren, Jessica Eure, Charlie Eure, Aaron Mathias, Justin Carr, Nicholas Mathias and Courtney Mathias. She was also predeceased by a granddaughter, Cheryl Anne Dale. A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in Eureka Baptist Church by the Rev. Cameron Currin and the Rev. James H. Davenport. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville, in charge. Friends may join the family from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today in the funeral home and other times at her residence. Memorial contributions may be made to the memorial fund of Eureka Baptist Church of the Gates County Rescue Squad. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/gates/obits/m/mathias2144nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb