Iris Gretell Rawson

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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

Family/Spouse: Woodrow Wilson Mathews. Woodrow (son of Inlow Lee Mathews and Amanda "Mandy" Elizabeth Robinson) was born on 4 May 1915 in Texas; died on 15 Mar 1998 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Thomas Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James married Ruth Madeline Moss about 1908. Ruth was born about 1893 in Texas; died on 10 Mar 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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It appears that Ruth may have died or remarried prior to 1930, as of the time of that census her three youngest daughters were living with their grandmother, Ella Rawson, in the 2nd Precinct of San Augustine. Michael McBride emailed, in July 2011, that she remarried George W. McBRIDE on 17 Nov 1921, and they had one daughter, Billie Juan McBRIDE. After Ruth died, her daughters by James went to live with Ella Rawson, and Billie went to live with her McBride/Nicholson relatives.

Warren married Ella M. Prestridge on 6 Sep 1883 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. Ella was born on 12 Oct 1867 in Louisiana; died on 3 Aug 1950 in Chireno, Nacogdoches County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]