Iris Gretell Rawson

1915 - 2006  (90 years)

• Name	Iris Gretell Rawson  [1, 2]
  Birth	1 Oct 1915	Denning Community, San Augustine County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	27 Feb 2006	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas   [1]
  Burial	Thomas Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	San Augustine Tribune Thursday, March 2, 2006 Iris Rawson Mathews Funeral services for Iris Rawson Mathews will be held Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at San Augustine Church of Christ with burial to follow at the Thomas Cemetery. Iris Rawson Mathews was born October 1, 1915 in Denning, San Augustine County to James Fisher and Ruth Madeline Moss Rawson and died Monday, February 27, 2006 at home in San Augustine, Texas. Iris Rawson Mathews was the wife of the late Woodrow W. Mathews. For many years Iris worked beside her husband Woodrow in the dry good business. J P Mathews Company, the family business, was established in 1933 and was operated for many years by Pete and Mildred Mathews and Woodrow and Iris Mathews. She was a faithful member of the San Augustine Church of Christ. She is survived by one daughter, Martha Mathews Butts and husband, John Harvey, of San Augustine; sons, John Richard Mathews and wife, Sharon of San Augustine, William Mark Mathews of Dallas, and Robert Bradley Mathews and wife, Kaye of San Augustine. Also surviving are grandchildren, Sylvia Thomason Bay and husband, Scott of Houston, Mary Paige Martin of College Station, Courtney Mathews Saxton and husband, Jimmy of Austin, Emily Jane Mathews of Forth Worth, Shane Rawson Mathews of San Augustine, Luke Ladner Mathews of San Augustine, Jacob Bradley Mathews of San Augustine, William Lee Mathews of San Augustine and Molly Elizabeth Mathews of San Augustine. Great-grandchildren are William Taylor Martin, Mary Kathryn Martin, Wilson Richard Martin, all of College Station, William Anderson Bay, Suzanne Elizabeth Bay, both of Houston, John Saxton and Samuel Saxton, both of Austin. She is also survived by one sister, Billie McBride Krause of Nacogdoches and one brother-in-law, J.D. Harkrider of Nacogdoches. Arrangements were by Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine. A similiar obituary also published in the Sabine County Reporter March 8, 2006
  Person ID	I13252	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Woodrow Wilson Mathews,   b. 4 May 1915, Texas d. 15 Mar 1998, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 82 years)
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Family ID	F5360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2007

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 Oct 1915 - Denning Community, San Augustine County, Texas Death - 27 Feb 2006 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Burial - - Thomas Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [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.), Thursday, March 2, 2006 (Reliability: 3). [S1716] Website "Cemeteries-of-tx.com" East Texas, San Augustine, Thomas Cemetery, (http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Etx/SanAugustine/cemetery/Thomas.htm).