Obituary of Martha Matthews, Lawrence Co, AR

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Submitted by: Regina Creekmore Weaver<weave@intellinet.com>
        Date: 5 Aug 2001
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Here are some more of the obits from a scrapbook of a lady (a distant
cousin) that lived in the Jesup, Lawrence County area of Arkansas already.
Remember that the problem with these is that there are very few actual
dates given for the dates of death, and there are no newspaper names
written beside them. What I do know I've listed, and what was penciled in
on the obit, I've included. If you find someone that is attached to you,
please let me know, and I will try and see if I can find any other
information for you, such as date of death if you don't have it, and
possibly a newspaper name, also.

Smithville Lady Dies Friday After Long Illness

Mrs. Martha Susan Winters Matthews, aged 68, passed away early Friday at
Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Walnut Ridge after being a patient there for
more than two months. Mrs. Matthews had lived all of her life near
Smithville. She had been a member of the Methodist church for 40 years.
Survivors are her husband, T.M. Matthews; three sons, Willard Matthews,
Peoria, Ill., Ancel Matthews, Imboden and Heston Matthews, Smithville;
three grandchildren, Ann, Tommy and Susan Matthews, Imboden; four sisters,
Mrs. Yancy Justus and Mrs. Eli Justus, Walnut Ridge, Mrs. Dot Foley,
Smithville and Mrs. Woodrow Goff, Portia.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Methodist Church in
Smithville with Rev. Cleve Yarbrough officiating, assisted by Rev. Woodrow
Wilson of Walnut Ridge. Interment was in the Smithville Cemetery.