Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Matthews, Margaret L. Ramsey, 1906 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MRS. M. L. MATHEWS DIES IN SUFFOLK Suffolk, Va., Nov. 30. - Mrs. Margaret L. Mathews died shortly after 10 o'clock last night. Mrs. Mathews was the widow of the late Edwin J. Mathews, of Exit, Va. Her death occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.O. Lancaster, on Bank street, where the deceased had been residing. She was taken sick about a week ago, and on Wednesday was paralyzed, from which she never recovered. Her death is mourned by her many friends. Mrs. Mathews was a consistent member of Oakland Christian church, near Chuckatuck, Va. She was 72 years of age, and was born near Exit, Va. The deceased is survived by three sons - W.J. Mathews, of Suffolk; R.E. and J.B. Mathews, of Exit; two daughters - Mrs. J.O. Lancaster and Mrs. M.L. Underwood, both of Suffolk; one sister - Mrs. Victor Moody, of Norfolk, and [one brother -] John F. Ramsey, of Isle of Wight county. The funeral will be held Sunday at 12 o'clock, at the Christian church, in this place. The pastor, Rev. W.W. Staley, D.D., will conduct the services. The body will be taken to the old homestead, near Exit, Va., for interment. The following have been chosen to serve as pall-bearers: Active - Dr. G.W. Butts, W.C. Moore, Sidney J. Ellis, T.J. Saunders, O.S. Smith, W.H. Jones, Jr. Honorary - W.W. Ballard, Henry Woodward, T.W. Artman, Colonel J.E. West, Colonel E.E. Holland, Walter Jordan, R.R. Allen and A.H. Baker. ****************************************************************************** FUNERAL OF MRS. MATHEWS [sic; MATHEWS] Suffolk, Va., Dec. 3. - The funeral of Mrs. Margaret L. Mathews, who died Thursday night shortly after 10 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.O. Lancaster, on Bank street, took place Sunday at the Christian church. Rev. W.W. Staley, D.D., officiated. The whole congregation at the morning service of the church remained and attended the funeral. Mrs. Mathews was the widow of Edwin Joseph Mathews, and was in the 72d year of her age. She was a consistent member of the Oakland Christian church, near Chuckatuck, Va. She is survived by three sons - W.J. Mathews, of Suffolk; R.E. and J.B. Mathews, of Exit, Va.; two sisters [sic; daughters] - Mrs. J.O. Lancaster and Mrs. Morgan L. Underwood, both at Suffolk; one brother - John Ramsey, of Isle of Wight county, and one sister - Mrs. Victor Moody, of Norfolk. She also leaves 12 grandchildren. The interment was in the old homestead burying ground, near Exit. ****************************************************************************** SUFFOLK LETTER. On the 30th day of November, 1906, Mrs. Matthews, relict of Captain Edwin Joseph who died March 9, 1905, passed away at the residence of her son-in-law, Joseph O. Lancaster, on Bank Street, Suffolk, Virginia. She was in her seventy-third year and was sick only a few days with paralysis. She was the mother of seven children: Mrs. J.O. Lancaster, R.E. Matthews, J.B. Matthews, Mrs. M.L. Underhood, Wm. Joseph Matthews, Henry Crawley, and Alice; the last two named are dead. R.E. and J.B. reside at Exit, Nansemond County, Va.; the others in Suffolk. She leaves eleven grand-children. Mrs. Matthews was a sister of Captain E.C. Ramsay, of Chuckatuck, who died October 16, 1904. A brother and sister survive her. Mrs. Matthews was residing with her daughter, Mrs. J.O. Lancaster, in Suffolk and her youngest son, Joseph, was also with her. They were regular attendants at church services, and her son's attention to his mother had often been remarked upon by others. Her remains were laid to rest by the side of her husband in the home burying ground. Side by side in life, and in death they sleep together. She was a member of Oakland church; but her pastor, Rev. I.W. Johnson, was at an appointment when the funeral services were conducted from the Suffolk church on Sunday, the second day of December. No other name touches so many hearts and claims so much affection as that of mother. Husband and wife are the nearest human relationships; but mother holds sway in the realm of the largest number of human hearts, and her influence reaches longest in human life. Counted by duration and majority mother holds first place in the world, both as to life and character. The name stands for home, too, with its first impressions, its sweetest memories, and its best things in thought. Tear out of human experiences mother's influences and you would have an empty life and a useless history. [...] W.W. Staley. Margaret L. (RAMSEY; Mrs. Edwin Joseph "Joe") MATTHEWS, b. Apr 1835, near Exit, d. 29 Nov 1906, at daughter's home, Suffolk, funeral 2 Dec 1906, Suffolk Christian Church, interred in the family cemetery*, near Exit, Nansemond Co., "Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 21, No. 54, Sat., Dec. 1, 1906, p. 7; "Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 21, No. 56, Tues., Dec. 4, 1906, p. 7; "Christian Sun" (Greensboro, NC), Vol. "LIX" [LX], No. 4, Wed., Jan. 23, 1907, (1st ed.) p. 5; image at: https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn93062839/1907-01-23/ed-1/seq-5/ *Additional information: Site not known (Dec 2025) to the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project. The family appeared in the 1900 census in Chuckatuck Dist., Nansemond Co., on Owned Free Farm #269; m. 48 yrs., 5 of 8 children surviving. Nansemond Co. marriage records 1862-64 are missing. Her husband's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Mar. 12, 1905, p. 10) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/m320j7ob.txt Her will, dated 5 Jun 1905, proved 15 Feb 1907 (WB6:553-54), is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/wills/m320m1wl.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/m320m4ob.txt