Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Matthews, George M., 1951 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ GEORGE MARION MATTHEWS George Mathews [sic] Chairmen to Meet [sic] George Marion Mathews, age 72, of 214 Chestnut Street, died yesterday afternoon at 3:20 at the Veterans' Hospital in Kecoughtan following a long illness. He is survived by two daughters, Miss Mabel Mathews, of this city, and Mrs. William Mullins of Tunis, North Carolina; three sons Clarence, Earl, and Willard Mathews all of Suffolk; one sister, Mrs. W.T. Joyner of Suffolk, and one grandchild, William Mullins, Jr. The body will be brought to the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements. George Marion MATTHEWS, retired fisherman, b. 22 May 1880, Nansemond Co., d. 5 Nov 1951, Kecoughtan, Elizabeth City Co., interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block F, Lot 31*), Suffolk, 4 Jun 1912, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 29, No. 263, Tues., Nov. 6, 1951, p. 1, clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #190955137, by Brooks Joy *Additional information: Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt A photo of his gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #64527440. His parents, Capt. George M. & Rebecca J. (HARDISON) MATTHEWS, are also buried there, possibly unmarked. D.Cert. 25373 (Kecoughtan #202) His wife's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Oct. 20, 1948, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/m320a2ob.txt His father's obit ("Norfolk Landmark," Apr. 25, 1902, p. 3) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/m320g4ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/m320g3ob.txt