Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Matthews, H. Addie Holdsworth, 1961 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ HANNAH ADELINE "ADDIE" HOLDWORTH MATTHEWS MATTHEWS Died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. R.A. Ligon, 2213 Shirley Ave., Wednesday, December 13, 1961, Mrs. Addie Holdsworth Matthews, age 90, of Dendron, Va. She is survived by seven daughters, Mrs. R.A. Ligon, Mrs. K.W. Shaw, Mrs. M.G. Townsend, Mrs. L.E. Protzman, Mrs. Hazel Luce, Mrs. Roy Cofer, and Mrs. F.S. Cooper; one sister, Mrs. L.T. Williams Sr.; 17 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Remains rest at the Joseph W. Bliley Funeral Home, Third and Marshall, until 10 p.m. Thursday, then at the Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, Va., where the funeral will be held Saturday, at 3 p.m. Interment in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery, Surry County. Hannah Adeline "Addie" (HOLDSWORTH; Mrs. James Robert "Robbie") MATTHEWS, b. 13 Aug 1871, Surry Co., d. 13 Dec 1961, at daughter's home, Richmond, interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 7*), Surry Co., 16 Dec 1961, "Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Dec. 15, 1961, p. 42 *Rocky Hock list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137183250. Her husband's (donated, 1923) obit is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/m320r4ob.txt Her father, William A. HOLDSWORTH (b. ca. 1836) was a Confederate veteran. Half disabled by the infirmities of age, he applied for a pension, 26 Jun 1900. The application states he served in Co. G, 15th Virginia. Ancestry.com "U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865" gives Cos. G & D, 13th Virginia Cavalry. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/m320a3ob.txt