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Submitted: 7/12/22 • Approved: 7/14/22 • Last Updated: 7/17/22 • R524657-G524657-S3
Sarah Virginia Ethridge Matthews
November 21, 1869-February 16, 1951
To live in hearts we leave behind
is not to die
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Mrs. Matthews Funeral to Be Held Sunday
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock services will be held in the First Baptist Church for Mrs. Sarah Virginia Matthews, 82, who died Friday morning at her home in Abilene.
Mrs. Matthews had lived in Hereford many years before moving to Abilene three years ago.
Rev. R.H. Cagle, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery unde [sic] the direction of Gililland Funeral home.
Survivors are three sons, L.J. of Hereford, Ted of Abilene and W.J. of Eastland; a daughter, Miss Odie Matthews of Abilene, and four grandchildren.
(Published in The Sunday Brand, Volume 3 - Number 34, Hereford, Texas, Sunday, February 18, 1951, Page 1,2)
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Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: Jennie Ethridge
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1870
Residence: White, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: W R Matthews
Spouse's Gender: Male
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Residence: White, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 2 Feb 1888
Marriage License Date: 1 Feb 1888
Marriage County: White
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1024568
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Sarah Virginia Matthews
Death Date: 16 Aug 1951
Death County: Taylor
Certificate: 10128
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Sarah Virginia Matthews [Sarah Virginia Ethridge]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 81
Birth Date: 21 Nov 1869
Birth Place: Columbia, Arkansas
Residence: Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
Death Date: 16 Feb 1951
Death Place: Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
Father: S J Ethridge
Mother: Mary Jane Mc Williams
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