Nansemond County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Matthews, Earl C., 1972 

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EARL CHAPMAN MATTHEWS 

  NANSEMOND - Earl Chapman Matthews, 49, of 119 Woodlawn Drive died Monday 
afternoon in Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin. 

  A native of South Norfolk, he was the husband of Mrs. Edna Turner Matthews 
and a son of the late Elic D. and Mrs. Tussie Jernigan Matthews. 

  He was a lineman for Virginia Electric & Power Co. 25 years. 

  He was an Army veteran of World War II. 

  He was a member of First Baptist Church, Suffolk Masonic Lodge 30, and Mt. 
Nebo Royal Arch Chapter 20. 

  Besides his wife, surviving are a son, William Earl Matthews of Chesapeake; 
three brothers, Melvin D. Matthews of Virginia Beach, Linwood Matthews of 
Grand Rapids, Mich., and J.P. Matthews of Nansemond; and a sister, Mrs. Dewitt 
Hobbs of Chesapeake. 

  A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Sidney F. Harrell 
Funeral Home, Suffolk, by the Rev. K. Donald Berg.  Burial, with Masonic 
rites, will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

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Earl C. Matthews 

  Earl Chapman Matthews, 49, of 119 Woodlawn Drive died Monday afternoon in 
Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin. 

  A native of South Norfolk, he was the husband of Mrs. Edna Turner Matthews 
and a son of the late Elic D. and Mrs. Tussie [sic; Tootsie] Jernigan 
Matthews. 

  He was a lineman for Virginia Electric & Power Co. 25 years. 

  He was an Army veteran of World War II. 

  He was a member of First Baptist Church, Suffolk Masonic Lodge 30, and Mt. 
Nebo Royal Arch Chapter 20. 

  Besides his widow, surviving are a son, William Earl Matthews of Chesapeake; 
three brothers, Melvin D. Matthews of Virginia Beach, Linwood Matthews of 
Grand Rapids, Mich., and J.P. Matthews of Nansemond; and a sister, Mrs. Dewitt 
Hobbs of Chesapeake. 

  A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Sidney F. Harrell 
Funeral Home, Suffolk, by the Rev. K. Donald Berg.  Burial, with Masonic 
rites, will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 


Earl Chapman MATTHEWS, VEPCO lineman, Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 9 Nov 1922, South Norfolk, d. 25 Sep 1972, Franklin, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 27 Sep 1972, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Tues., Sep. 26, 1972, A-14; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 50, No. 232, Tues., Sep. 26, 1972, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

D.Cert. 72-026963 

His father (1900 - 1963) & step-mother are buried in 
   Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery. 
   Liberty Spring list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/liberty.txt 

His mother (d. 1934) was buried near Powellsville, NC. 


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