Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Matthews, Julia P. Johnson, 1928 

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JULIA PERSONS JOHNSON MATTHEWS 

Mrs. Julia Matthews Dies Near Myrtle, Va. 

   Mrs. Julia P. Matthews, wife of J.B. Matthews, of near Myrtle, Va., died 
last night at 11:15 o'clock, after a long illness, age 54 years.  She is 
survived by eight children, six daughters and two sons, Mrs. Ralph Eley, of 
Suffolk; Mrs. J.R. Fulgham, of Windsor, Va.; Mrs. G.T. Bowden, of Colosse; 
Misses Helen, Myrtle and Bruce Matthews, all of Myrtle, Va.; J.R. Matthews, 
of Portsmouth, and John B. Matthews, Jr., of Myrtle; four sisters, Mrs. L. 
Rose, of Portsmouth; Mrs. John A. Johnson, of Suffolk; Mrs. L.R. Goulder, of 
Richmond; Mrs. R.A. Wright, of Nansemond County; two brothers, S.B. Johnson 
and Reverdy Johnson, of Portsmouth; four grandchildren, and several nieces and 
nephews. 

   The funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. A.W.H. Jones, assisted 
by the Rev. S.T. Cobb, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Western Branch 
Baptist Church. 

   Interment will be made in the family cemetery, near Myrtle, Va. 

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MRS. JULIA P. MADISON [sic; MATTHEWS] 

   Suffolk, May 14 - Mrs. Julia P. Mathews, wife of J.B. Mathews, of near 
Myrtle, Va., died last night at 11:15 o'clock, after a long illness, age 54 
years.  She is survived by eight children, six daughters and two sons, Mrs. 
Ralph Eley, of Suffolk; Mrs. J.R. Fulgham, of Windsor, Va.; Mrs. G.T. Bowden, 
of Colosse; Misses Helen, Myrtle and Bruce Mathews, all of Myrtle, Va.; J.R. 
Mathews, of Portsmouth, and John B. Mathews, Jr., of Myrtle; four sisters, 
Mrs. L. Rose, of Portsmouth; Mrs. John A. Johnson, of Suffolk; Mrs. L.R. 
Goulder, of Richmond; Mrs. R.A. Wright, of Nansemond County; two brothers, 
S.B. Johnson and Reverdy Johnson, of Portsmouth; four grandchildren, and 
several nieces and nephews. 

   The funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. A.W.H. Jones, assisted 
by the Rev. S.T. Cobb, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Western Branch 
Baptist Church. 

   Interment will be made in the family cemetery, near Myrtle, Va. 

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JULIA P. MATHEWS 

   Suffolk, May 16 - Funeral services for Mrs. Julia P. Mathews were held 
Tuesday afternoon at the Western Branch Baptist Church by the Rev. A.W.H. 
Jones, assisted by the Rev. S.T. Cobb. 

   Active pallbearers were P.J. Powell, J.H. Powell, Dempsey Johnson, S.T. 
Kittrell, R.A. Daughtrey, S.L. McClenny, R.L. Eley, S.W. Nelms; honorary, J.B. 
Archie, Thomas Cross, J.F. Saunders, J.J.S. Branch, E.S. Ellis, J.S. Williams, 
M.D. Bowden, J.A. Fulgham, T.A. Eure, J.T. Shepherd, C.C. Eley, D.O. Savage, 
T.A. Saunders, I.J. Saunders, R.L. Daughtrey, R.G. Eley, J.T. Williams. 

   Interment was made in the family cemetery. 


Julia Persons (JOHNSON; Mrs. John Bunyon Sr.) MATTHEWS, 
b. 15 Jan 1874, Nansemond Co., d. 14 May 1928, Myrtle, 
interred in the MATTHEWS family cemetery*, Archers Mill & Old Myrtle Rds., 
   15 May 1928, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 6, No. 45, Mon. May 14, 1928, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #38876959, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum; 
"Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 111, No. 45, 
   Tues. May 15, 1928, p. 11; 
"Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 111, No. 47, 
   Thurs. May 17, 1928, p. 13 

*Additional information: 

Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (NV-I-44), an extension of 
   the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

Photos of her gravestone - added by 142Genealogy, Jim Thomson & BobbieJean - 
   are also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #38876959. 

Her parents, James P. & Palmyra C. (PERSONS) JOHNSON, are also buried there. 

Find a Grave calls it the Johnson-Mathews Cemetery - Cemetery ID #2312008. 

Her father's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Feb. 25, 1903, p. 2) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j525j32o.txt 


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