Clark County OhArchives Obituaries.....Matthews, Lewis P. September 8, 1946
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Springfield Daily News, September 9 & 10, 1946
Springfield Daily News, Monday, September 9, 1946

L. P. Matthews Funeral Ste for Tuesday

    Funeral services for Lewis P. Matthews, 79, of 709 E. High st., former 
local factory executive who died Sunday at 1 p.m. in the City Hospital, where 
he had been admitted Thursday night, will be held in the residence at 2 p.m. 
Tuesday.  Burial will be in Ferncliff cemetery.  Mr. Matthews had fallen 
recently and fractured his hip.  He had been in failing health a year.
    Born in Maysville, Ky, April 5, 1867, the son of Thomas A. and Llewellyn 
Stockwell Matthews, he had resided in Springfield for the past 45 years.  When 
he made his home in Springfield, Mr. Matthews became associated with the Thomas 
Manufacturing Co. and was with that concern for a number of years.  More 
recently, he was active in stocks and securities and remained so until his 
death.
     Prior to coming to Springfield, he had live in Covington, Ky., where he 
was superintendent of the C. O. Coal Terminal for many years.  He was later 
associated with several banks in Cincinnati in an executive capacity.  Mr. 
Matthews was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church and the Springfield 
County Club.  His wife, Mabel Thomas Matthews, preceded hm in Death on Dec. 18, 
1944.
    Hi is survived by a son, Thomas A., of Springfield, and a niece of Muncie, 
Ind.
    The body was taken to the Richards Memorial Home and was returned to the 
residence Monday.


Springfield Daily News, Tuesday, September 10, 1946

L. P. Matthews

Active pallbearers for the funeral of Lewis P. Matthews, 79, of 709 E. High 
st., were David McGregor, John McGregor, S. O. Nolte, Robert McConnell, Howard 
B. Noonan, Ocsar T. Martin, S. A. Bowman and Gustavus Foos.
    The services were held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the residence.  Burial was 
in Ferncliff Cemetery.  Mr. Matthews, formerly an executive with the Thomas 
Manufacturing Co., died at 1 p.m. Sunday in the City Hospital.


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