Submitted by Jan Mathis Hale .
Rome News Tribune - Monday, April 8, 1963
Willie Barrett Mathis Dies; Services Tuesday.
Willie Barrett Mathis, 75, Calhoun Road, Adairsville Rte. 1, died at his residence Sunday afternoon following an illness of
one year. Mr. Mathis was born in Bartow County, November 10, 1887, son of the late O. S. and Minerva Jane Mathis. He attended
the Methodist church and was a retired farmer. Survivors include his wife, the former Odessa Holt; two sons, Harold Mathis of
Kingston Rte. 1 and Bernard Mathis of Rome Rte. 2; three daughters, Mrs. Nevin Carver, of Shannon, Miss Lois Mathis, of
Adairsville Rte. 1 and Mrs. Leroy Taylor, of Adairsville Rte. 1; two brothers, A.B. and N.B. Mathis, both of Atlanta; four
sisters, Mrs. Cliff Culberson, of Shannon, Mrs. J. F. Bing, of Fitzgerald, Mrs. Floyd Baxter, of Kingston, and Mrs. Clara
Mabry, of Smyrna; six grandchildren and four great- grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted
Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Mt. Carmel Methodist Church, Halls Station. The Rev. Carmon King and the Rev. Robert Sabo will
officiate. Interment will be in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Active pallbearers include Clyde Holt, Gordon Holt, Billy Holt, Clay
Mathis, Vernon Mathis and Don Mabry. Honorary pallbearers will be Rex Sherman, Lawrence Smith, Homer Smith, Bill Silvers, M.L.
Evans, Max Cochran, Lawrence Wright, and A.M. Hamilton. The body will lie in state at the residence until the funeral hour.
Henderson-Frazier Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.