Robert E. Mathews, Sr., 87, who resided in the Sardis Community near Winnfield, died January 23, 1967 in a local hospital.
A retired farmer, Mr. Mathews was a member of the Crossroads Baptist Church and a Mason.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Sardis Baptist Church with Rev. C. R. Weatherford and Rev. C. W. Jones officiating.
Interment, under the direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield, was in the church cemetery with Masonic graveside rites.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. R. E. Mathews, Sr.; one son, R. E. Mathews, Jr., of West Monroe; two daughters, Mrs. Lillie Smith, Route 1, Winnfield, Mrs. Leonard Doremire of Dry Prong; one brother, C. H. Mathews, Laurel, Miss.; 10 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren, and two great, great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, January 26, 1967
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NOTES: Mr. Mathew's birth month/year were given as Feb 1880 in the 1880 census for Claiborne Parish, LA (where he was mislisted as Lee Mathis (s/o W H & Anne E Mathis).
A retired farmer, Mr. Mathews was a member of the Crossroads Baptist Church and a Mason.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Sardis Baptist Church with Rev. C. R. Weatherford and Rev. C. W. Jones officiating.
Interment, under the direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield, was in the church cemetery with Masonic graveside rites.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. R. E. Mathews, Sr.; one son, R. E. Mathews, Jr., of West Monroe; two daughters, Mrs. Lillie Smith, Route 1, Winnfield, Mrs. Leonard Doremire of Dry Prong; one brother, C. H. Mathews, Laurel, Miss.; 10 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren, and two great, great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, January 26, 1967
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NOTES: Mr. Mathew's birth month/year were given as Feb 1880 in the 1880 census for Claiborne Parish, LA (where he was mislisted as Lee Mathis (s/o W H & Anne E Mathis).
Robert E. Mathews, Sr., 87, who resided in the Sardis Community near Winnfield, died January 23, 1967 in a local hospital.
A retired farmer, Mr. Mathews was a member of the Crossroads Baptist Church and a Mason.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Sardis Baptist Church with Rev. C. R. Weatherford and Rev. C. W. Jones officiating.
Interment, under the direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield, was in the church cemetery with Masonic graveside rites.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. R. E. Mathews, Sr.; one son, R. E. Mathews, Jr., of West Monroe; two daughters, Mrs. Lillie Smith, Route 1, Winnfield, Mrs. Leonard Doremire of Dry Prong; one brother, C. H. Mathews, Laurel, Miss.; 10 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren, and two great, great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, January 26, 1967
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NOTES: Mr. Mathew's birth month/year were given as Feb 1880 in the 1880 census for Claiborne Parish, LA (where he was mislisted as Lee Mathis (s/o W H & Anne E Mathis).
A retired farmer, Mr. Mathews was a member of the Crossroads Baptist Church and a Mason.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Sardis Baptist Church with Rev. C. R. Weatherford and Rev. C. W. Jones officiating.
Interment, under the direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield, was in the church cemetery with Masonic graveside rites.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. R. E. Mathews, Sr.; one son, R. E. Mathews, Jr., of West Monroe; two daughters, Mrs. Lillie Smith, Route 1, Winnfield, Mrs. Leonard Doremire of Dry Prong; one brother, C. H. Mathews, Laurel, Miss.; 10 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren, and two great, great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, January 26, 1967
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NOTES: Mr. Mathew's birth month/year were given as Feb 1880 in the 1880 census for Claiborne Parish, LA (where he was mislisted as Lee Mathis (s/o W H & Anne E Mathis).
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