Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harris, Matthew T., 1948 

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MATTHEW THOMAS HARRIS

   Matthew Thomas Harris, 75, a resident of the Zuni community for many years, 
died at the residence Friday afternoon, August 20, after a long sickness.

   Mr. Harris was for a number of years pump house engineer for the Norfolk & 
Western Railway, retiring sometime ago on account of ill health.  He was a 
native of Isle of Wight County and in 1907 married Miss Lizzie Bowden, who 
survives.

   Besides his wife he is survived by one son, Uroy Winstead Harris of Newport 
News; three daughters, Miss Eva Maie Harris of Charlotte, N.C., Mrs. Ernest L. 
Wellons of Zuni, and Mrs. Charles J. Brown of Newport News; and three 
grandchildren and two nieces.

   Funeral services for Mr. Harris were held at three o'clock on Sunday 
afternoon at the grave in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, near Walters.


Matthew Thomas HARRIS, retired N&W R.R. pump house engineer, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 20 Aug 1948, at home, Zuni, age 75, 
interred in Mount Carmel Christian Church Cemetery*, Walters, 22 Aug 1948, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 27, 1948, p. 8 

*Mount Carmel list - an extension of the Southampton County Historical 
   Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 12, 1971, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h620l2ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h620m6ob.txt