Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Matthews, William J., 1937 

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WILLIAM JOSEPH MATTHEWS

DIES AT AGE OF 55

   Suffolk, Feb. 1, - William Joseph Matthews, age 55, of 425 North Main 
Street, died this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.

   Mr. Matthews, who was a well-known merchant, is survived by his widow, Mrs. 
Annie M. Matthews; a stepdaughter, Miss Myra Vaughan; two brothers, John 
Matthews, of Myrtle, and Robert Matthews, of Lake Prince; two sisters, Mrs. 
Nannie Lancaster, of Norfolk, and Mrs. H.C. Farley, of Denver, Col., and 
several nieces and nephews.

   Burial services will be conducted at the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery 
Tuesday at 11 a.m., by the Rev. Dr. I.W. Johnson, assisted by the Rev. Dr. 
W.W. Staley and the Rev. E.C. Deans.

   The funeral procession will leave the undertaking parlors of I.O. Hill & 
Co., Tuesday morning at 10:45 o’clock for the cemetery.


William Joseph MATTHEWS, Suffolk merchant, 
d. 1 Feb 1937, age 55*, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery**, Suffolk, 2 Feb 1937, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

**Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt 

His widow's (donated, 1938) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/m320a1ob.txt 

*No D.Cert. found.  The 1930 Census gives age 55. 


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