Hampton City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Laws, Matilda October 2, 1944
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Norfolk Journal and Guide,Oct 14,1944
Phoebus VA - Mrs. Matilda Laws, an ex-slave, born 95 years ago at Churchill or 
States Ground, the community upon which the present Scotland section of Phoebus 
is now standing, passed away on Oct. 2 after a lingering illness. She had been 
in a coma about a week before she died.

She was the daughter of the late George and Elsie Washington.

Mrs. Laws witnessed the building of Hampton Institute and was a friend and 
employee of General Samuel Chapman Armstrong, founder of the school.

Along with other stalwart Christians, Mrs. Laws helped to organize in “Slabtown” 
the Zion Baptist Church, which later moved to its present site on County street.

The deceased was a member of the Womans Forum, Philathea Bible Class, and the 
Eastern Star Lodge.

Funeral services were held at Zion Baptist Church last Friday at 4 p.m. with the 
pastor, the Rev. J. Dett Marshburn, officiating.

Surviving relatives are one sister, two daughters, three sons, three 
grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.

Burial took place at Bassette’s Cemetery, Hampton.

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Bassette's Cemetery

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