Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Washington, Matthew Turner, Jr., 1932 

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MATTHEW TURNER WASHINGTON, JR.

Death Of A Child

Matthew Turner, Jr., oldest child of Matthew T. and Grace Johnson Washington, 
was born February 8, 1929, on the farm of his paternal grandparents, and it 
was there that he played the beautiful years of his short life. A bright happy 
little boy he was, loved by all who knew him. He always felt the responsibility 
of his baby sister, taking her by the hand and leading her in places of safety, 
though he was only a baby himself. He was trying to protect her when the fatal 
accident came. 

While playing together in the yard Friday a mule running around kicked the 
child over and stepped on him, jumping over the baby sister. He lingered until 
Saturday morning. Death relieved his suffering body in the early hours of the 
day. All that Dr. Applewhite and loving hands could do were done, but - 

"God wanted him where his little ones meet
That he might play with him on the golden street.
He had grown too fair, he had grown too sweet
For the world he used to live in.
He needed the sunshine, this dear little boy,
That gilds this side of the gates of joy." 

Funeral services were conducted from the home of his parents Sunday afternoon 
by Rev. R. L. Haga, and tenderly he was laid to rest by the side of his 
maternal grandfather in the Capron cemetery while Mrs. H. M. Purviance sweetly 
sang "Does Jesus Care?" 

The body bearers were his uncles, James, Augustine and Joseph Washington, and 
Marshall Johnson, and the little mound was covered with beautiful flowers borne 
by Hilda Washington, Gloria Edwards, Esmond Miles, Daisy Bell Fuller and 
Virginia Fuller. 


[Matthew Turner WASHINGTON, Jr., 8 Feb 1929 - Jul 1932, obituary, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), circa 23 Jul 1932] 

[file transcribed by Al Washington, 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.]