Gates County NcArchives Obituaries.....Mathias Sr., Raymond Newsome 2011 ************************************************ 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 April 25, 2022, 6:08 pm Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Monday, January 24, 2011 RAYMOND NEWSOME MATHIAS SR. SUFFOLK - Raymond Newsome Mathias Sr., 87, died Jan. 22, 2011. A native of Gates County, North Carolina, he was a son of the late Sally Sue and Henry E. Mathias and was predeceased by his wife, Mary Nell Mathias and a son, Ray Mathias Jr. He was a retired meat cutter. Mr. Mathias was a member of Holland Ruritan Club, Holland Baptist Church and the Men's Sunday School Class and a member of the Brotherhood. He was chairman of the ushers and served on various committees. Survivors include a brother, Herbert Mathias of Portsmouth and sister-in-law Doris Gillis of Holland and her daughter Glynda Arrington and her daughter Rebecca Arrington who always put a twinkle in his eyes and a smile on his face and thought of her as his granddaughter. Other survivors include many nieces and nephews. A funeral will be conducted Tuesday, Jan. 25, at 11 a.m. at the R. W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home, 509 W. Washington St., Suffolk, VA 23434 by the Rev. Robert Bunn with interment at the Holland Cemetery, Suffolk, Va. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/gates/obits/m/mathiass2208nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb