Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Panton, Mattie E. Ricks, 1958 

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Rites Thursday For Mrs. Panton 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Ricks Panton will be conducted Thursday at 
2 p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. George S. Lightner, pastor of 
Main Street Methodist Church, and the Rev. J.C. Mitchell, pastor of the First 
Baptist Church.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Mrs. Panton, 88, died Monday at noon at her home 212½ Pearl St. after a 
long illness. 

  She was a native of Iowa but had spent most of her life in Southampton 
County and Suffolk.  She was the widow of Mathew John Panton and daughter of 
Edward [sic; Edwin*] and Mrs. Mary Ricks of Murfreesboro, N.C.  She was a 
member of the High Street Methodist Church of Franklin. 

  She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lillian P. Bunch and Mrs. Elizabeth 
P. Delucia, both of the home, and Mrs. Callie P. Knight of Tampa, Fla.; one 
son, J. Fred Panton of Suffolk; two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Thompson of Courtland 
and Mrs. Ursula Cook of Sutherland, Va.; five brothers, Willie Ricks of 
Camden, N.C., Roy Ricks of Branchville, Crockett Ricks of Jarratt, Reuben 
Ricks of Jacksonville, Fla., Herbert Ricks of Richmond; eight grandchildren 
and 10 great-grandchildren. 

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MARTHA "MATTIE" RICKS PANTON 

   SUFFOLK - Mrs. Mattie Ricks Panton, 88, died Monday at noon at her home 
212½ Pearl St. after a long illness. 

   She was a native of Iowa but had spent most of her life in Southampton 
County and Suffolk.  She was the widow of Matthew John Panton and daughter of 
Edward and Mrs. Mary Ricks of Murfreesboro, N.C.  She was a member of High 
Street Methodist Church of Franklin. 

   She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lillian P. Bunch and Mrs. Elizabeth 
P. Delucia, both of the home, and Mrs. Callie P. Knight of Tampa, Fla.; one 
son, Fred Panton of Suffolk; two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Thompson of Courtland 
and Mrs. Ursula Cook of Suterland; five brothers, Willie Ricks of Camden, 
N.C., Roy Ricks of Branchville, Crockett Ricks of Jarrett, Reuben Ricks of 
Jacksonville, Fla., Hubert Ricks of Richmond; eight grandchildren and 10 
great-grandchildren. 

   Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at the I.O. Hill and 
Co. Funeral Home by the Rev. George S. Lightner, pastor of Main Street 
Methodist Church, and the Rev. J.C. Mitchell, pastor of the First Baptist 
Church.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.


"Mattie" Martha Ella (RICKS; Mrs. Matthew John) PANTON, 
b. 28 Mar 1870, Iowa, d. 27 Oct 1958, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 30 Oct 1958, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 36, No. 256, Wed., Oct. 29, 1958, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 54, No. 1, Thurs., Oct. 30, 1958, 
   Sect. I, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #90576405. 

D.Cert. 25346 (Suffolk #61) also gives her father as Edward. 

Her parents, Edwin Ray & Mary Jane (BRITT) RICKS, are buried in the 
   Branchville Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 7 (MV-VII-8): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Tidewater News," Mar. 1948) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/p535m3ob.txt 


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