Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Washington, Matthew T. Jr., 1932 

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MATTHEW TURNER WASHINGTON, JR.

   Matthew Turner, Jr., oldest child of Matthew T. and Grace Johnson 
Washington, was born February 8, 1929, on the farm of his paternal 
grandparents, and it was there that he played the beautiful years of 
his short life.  A bright happy little boy he was, loved by all who 
knew him.  He always felt the responsibility of his baby sister, 
taking her by the hand and leading her in places of safety, though 
he was only a baby himself.  He was trying to protect her when the 
fatal accident came.

   While playing together in the yard Friday a mule running around 
kicked the child over and stepped on him, jumping over the baby sister. 
He lingered until Saturday morning.  Death relieved his little suffering 
body in the early hours of the day.  All that Dr. Applewhite and loving 
hands could do were done, but - 

   "God wanted him where his little ones meet/ 
    That he might play with him on the golden street.
    He had grown too fair, he had grown too sweet/ 
    For the world he used to live in.
    He needed the sunshine, this dear little boy,/ 
    That gilds this side of the gates of joy."

   Funeral services were conducted from the home of his parents Sunday 
afternoon by Rev. R.L. Haga, and tenderly he was laid to rest by the 
side of his maternal grandfather in the Capron cemetery while Mrs. H.M. 
Purviance sweetly sang "Does Jesus Care?"

   The body bearers were his uncles, James, Augustine and Joseph Washington 
and Marshall Johnson, and the little mound was covered with beautiful flowers 
borne by Hilda Washington, Gloria Edwards, Esmond Miles, Clara Belle Smith, 
Daisy Bell Fuller and Virginia Fuller.


Matthew Turner WASHINGTON, Jr., 
son of Matthew T. and Grace H. (JOHNSON) WASHINGTON, 
b. 8 Feb 1929, Handsom, kicked by mule 22 Jul 1932, d. 23 Jul 1932, 
interred in Capron Cemetery*, 24 Jul 1932, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 29, 1932, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-44; parents C-43; maternal grandfather, C-21): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

His Death Certificate, #16962, states he was kicked by a horse, 
   rather than a mule. 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 11, 1980) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w252m3ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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