Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Matthews, Maria P. Holland, 1982 

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MARIA PRETLOW HOLLAND MATTHEWS

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Maria Holland Matthews was held Tuesday 
at 2 p.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery, with Rev. Richard Diekkman and Dr. Ira D. 
Hudgins officiating.  Wright Funeral Home was in charge.

   Mrs. Matthews died Sunday morning in a hospital.

   A lifelong resident of Franklin, she was educated in the Franklin Public 
Schools and Virginia Interment College in Bristol.  She was the daughter of 
the late William Joseph Moore Holland and Essie Pretlow Holland.

   She was a member of the Franklin Congregational Christian Church, a charter 
member of the Franklin Literary Club, a member of the Southampton Hospital 
Auxiliary, Southampton Historical Society, and the Virginia Museum.

   Survivors include a son, Dr. Roy Thomas Matthews Jr. of East Lansing, 
Mich.; two grandchildren, Randolph and Elizabeth, also the East Lansing, and a 
brother, Stanley T. Holland of Franklin.


Maria Pretlow (HOLLAND; Mrs. Roy T. {Sr.}) MATTHEWS, 
lifelong resident of Franklin, d. 6 Jun 1982, age 82, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 164*), Franklin, 
   8 Jun 1982, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 10, 1982, p. 8A 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 23, 1942, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h453w4ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 29, 1966, p. 11), with Maria's 
   parents' marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h453e7ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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