Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Matthews, Robert E., 1935 

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ROBERT E. MATHEWS

   Suffolk, Jan. 5 - R.E. Mathews, well-known farmer of this county, near 
Lake Prince, was found dead this morning by his son. H.S. Mathews, in a farm 
building near the home, from a self-inflicted bullet wound.

   Mr. Mathews was 68 years of age. He had gone out this morning and fed the 
stock on the farm, and was waiting for breakfast, when his son and daughter,
who made their home with him, heard the shot.

   Ill-health, increasing deafness and despondence are given as reasons for 
the act.  The body was viewed by Sheriff E.B. Rawles, and Judge N.T. Gray, 
who stated that he came to his death by a gunshot wound fired by his own hand.

   Surviving him are a son, H.S. Mathews; a daughter, Miss Grace Mathews; one 
brother, J.B. Mathews of Myrtle, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Lancaster of 
Norfolk, and Mrs. Maggie Farley of Denver, Col.

   Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Oakland 
Christian Church, conducted by the Rev. Dr. I.W. Johnson.  Burial will take 
place in the church cemetery.


Robert E. MATTHEWS, Nansemond Co. farmer, 
suicide 5 Jan 1935, on home farm, near Lake Prince, age 68, 
interred in Oakland Christian Church Cemetery, near Chuckatuck, 6 Jan 1935, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown, dateline Jan. 5, 1935 


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