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Mildred Lee Rawson

Female 1911 - 2002  (90 years)


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  • Name Mildred Lee Rawson  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 25 Jul 1911  Denning Community, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Death 24 Jan 2002  San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Thomas Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • San Augustine Tribune 7 February 2002

      Mildred Mathews

      Funeral services for Mildred Lee Rawson Mathews were held Sunday, January 27, 2002 at 2:30 pm at the San Augustine Church of Christ with Mr. Glen Walton officiating. Mrs. Mathews was born July 25, 1911 in Denning, San Augustine County, Texas to James Fisher and Ruth Madeline Moss Rawson and died January 24, 2002 in San Augustine.

      Mildred Rawson Mathews was the wife of the late J.P. (Pete) Mathews, president and founding partner of J.P. Mathews Department Store in San Augustine and five Mathews-Miller Department Stores throughout East Texas. J.P. Mathews Co. in San Augustine, established in 1933 was operated for many years by Pete and Mildred Mathews and Iris and Woodrow Mathews.

      Mrs. Mathews attended Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College and taught at Norwood, Texas before her marriage to J.P. (Pete) Mathews in 1931. Mr. Mathews preceded her in death in 1989. She was a member of the Church of Christ and taught Bible classes in the area for many years.

      She is survived by daughters Rosemary Mathews Blackstock and husband Bernice Blackstock of Lufkin, Texas; Cheryl Mathews Burnett and husband, Dick Burnett of College Station, Texas. Also surviving are grandchildren Beth Blackstock Brown and husband Bob Brown of Houston, Ann Blackstock of Arlington, Laura Lee Burnett of Frisco, Texas; Leslie Burnett Moritz and husband, John Moritz of Arlington, and Richard Pearson Burnett of Arlington. Great grandchildren are Pearson Mathews Brown and Keaton Boyd Brown of Houston, Bryan Richard Burnett, Margaret Cherry Moritz and Anna Laura Moritz of Arlington. Sisters are Florence Rawson Smith and Iris Rawson Mathews of San Augustine and Billie McBride Krause of Freeport, Texas. Her sister, Thelma Rawson Harkrider preceded her in death in 2000.

      Pallbearers were nephews, John Mathews, Mark Mathews, Brad Mathews, J.L. Mathews, Taylor Martin, Larry Smith, and Phillip Smith.
    Person ID I13251  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father James Fisher Rawson,   b. 23 Jun 1886, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1917, Chireno, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years) 
    Mother Ruth Madeline Moss,   b. Abt 1893, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1924 (Age ~ 31 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1908 
    Family ID F4482  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jewel Pearson "Pete" Mathews,   b. 18 Sep 1910, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1989, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 1931 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F5359  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Jul 1911 - Denning Community, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Jan 2002 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Thomas Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S342] San Augustine Tribune, weekly, 807 E. Columbia, San Augustine, TX, (San Augustine Tribune, USPS No. 479-040, Published every Thursday at 807 E. Columbia St., San Augustine, Texas 75972 Stephen Hays & Arlan Hays, Publishers. Postmaster: Change of Address notice should be made at P.O. Box 539, San Augustine, Texas 75972. The Tribune is a continuation of the Texas Chronicle moved from Galveston to San Augustine in 1837 and published as the Redlander.).

    2. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine JP 1 Enumerated April 10, 1940 SD 42-2 ED 203-1 Sheet 8B E. Plantation 192 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.).

    4. [S718] Obituary Daily Times Website ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~obituary/.