Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Williams, Mattie L. Barlett, 1945 

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MATTIE LEE BARTLETT WILLIAMS 

MATTIE WILLIAMS IS DEAD IN COUNTY 

Succumbs At Home Of Son 

  SUFFOLK, April 13. - Mrs. Mattie Barlette [sic; Bartlett] Williams died this 
morning at the home of her son, Thomas A. Williams, in the county after a 
short illness.  She was the widow of Joseph T. Williams, Sr., and the daughter 
of the late Robert J. and Elizabeth Pruden Barlette [sic; Bartlett], of 
Nansemond County. 

  Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. J.C. Webb and Mrs. Marvin Whitley, of 
Suffolk; three sons, Thomas A. Williams, J.T. Williams, Jr., of the county, 
and Hatcher W. Williams, of Smithfield; a brother, L.W. Barlette [sic; 
Bartlett], of Norfolk; 23 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and 
several nieces and nephews. 

  She was a member of the Suffolk Christian Church.  The body was taken to the 
R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home.  Funeral arrangements will be announced 
later. 

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RITES SUNDAY FOR MATTIE WILLIAMS 

   Burial Will Be At Bethlehem 

  SUFFOLK, April 14. - Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Barlett Williams, 
member of a prominent Nansemond County family and widow of Joseph T. Williams, 
will be conducted at 3:30 Sunday afternoon at the R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral 
Home by Dr. John G. Truitt, pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church and Rev. 
R.E. Brittle.  Burial will he in the Bethlehem Church Cemetery. 

  She was a member of the Suffolk Christian Church, a member of the Ladies' 
Benevolent Society and the Missionary Society of the church.  The name of one 
of her daughters, Mrs. Harry Lee Cross, of Suffolk, was inadvertently omitted 
from the news account of her death. 

  Active pallbearers will be Joel Williams, Wendell Williams, Charles 
Williams, USNR, Bernard Williams, Calhoun Webb, USNR, R.M. Nelms, Joshua 
Pretlow and Ray Duke. 


Mattie Lee (BARTLETT; Mrs. Joseph Thaddeus) WILLIAMS, 
b. 25 Oct 1869, Nansemond Co., d. 13 Apr 1945, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery (Lot 139*), Suffolk, 
   15 Apr 1945, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 229, Fri., Apr. 13, 1945, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 230, Sat., Apr. 14, 1945, p. 10 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Ken Campbell - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #104528030. 

Her parents, Robert James & Elizabeth Ann (PRUDEN) BARTLETT, are also buried 
   there.  Her father was a Confederate veteran, having served as second 
   sergeant in Co. E, 6th VA Infantry.  He remarried twice after the death of 
   Elizabeth in 1891. 

D.Cert. 8786 (Chuckatuck #116) gives her maiden name as BARLETTE. 

Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Jan. 1, 1942, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w452j16o.txt 


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