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Vermell Matthews

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Vermell Matthews

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10 Sep 1956 (aged 72)
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Scranton, Florence County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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SCRANTON, Sept. 10 - (Special) - Miss Vermell Matthews, 72, lifelong resident of Scranton, died at 9:50 Monday following an extended illness.
She had made her home with a sister, Mrs. Willie Coward for the past 25 years.
Funeral Services will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday by the Rev. Jimmy Deas and the Rev. Horace McKenzie from the Beulah Free Will Baptist Church on the old No. 4 Highway.
Burial will be in Hicks Cemetery near the church.
Miss Matthews was the daughter of the late Pleasant and Genetta Miles Matthews of the Lynches township community. She was a member of Free Will Baptist Church.
Active pallbearers will be Joe Coward, Edward Matthews, Dessie Springs, Adam Wilkes, Smiley Joe Matthews, and Leland Wilkes.
Surviving are a brother, Daniel Matthews of Scranton; five sisters, Mrs. Annie Wilkes, Mrs. Mary Coward, Mrs. Becky Poston, Mrs. Fannie Miles, all of Scranton and Mrs. Martha Miles of Coward.

Published in The Florence Morning News on September 11, 1956.
SCRANTON, Sept. 10 - (Special) - Miss Vermell Matthews, 72, lifelong resident of Scranton, died at 9:50 Monday following an extended illness.
She had made her home with a sister, Mrs. Willie Coward for the past 25 years.
Funeral Services will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday by the Rev. Jimmy Deas and the Rev. Horace McKenzie from the Beulah Free Will Baptist Church on the old No. 4 Highway.
Burial will be in Hicks Cemetery near the church.
Miss Matthews was the daughter of the late Pleasant and Genetta Miles Matthews of the Lynches township community. She was a member of Free Will Baptist Church.
Active pallbearers will be Joe Coward, Edward Matthews, Dessie Springs, Adam Wilkes, Smiley Joe Matthews, and Leland Wilkes.
Surviving are a brother, Daniel Matthews of Scranton; five sisters, Mrs. Annie Wilkes, Mrs. Mary Coward, Mrs. Becky Poston, Mrs. Fannie Miles, all of Scranton and Mrs. Martha Miles of Coward.

Published in The Florence Morning News on September 11, 1956.

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  • Created by: Andrew Staton
  • Added: May 2, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51894534/vermell-matthews: accessed ), memorial page for Vermell Matthews (12 Oct 1883–10 Sep 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51894534, citing Beulah Free Will Baptist Church Pentecostal Faith, Scranton, Florence County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Andrew Staton (contributor 47091672).