Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 17, 1993 TAG: 9311170273
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: ROCKY MOUNT LENGTH: Short
OBIT MATTOX, JOHN WESLEY SR.
MATTOX, John Wesley Sr. 74, of 257 Scuffling Hill Rd., Rocky Mount, died
Tuesday morning, November 16, 1993, at his residence. Mr. Mattox was a member
of Furnace Creek Baptist Church, retired from E. I. DuPont after 38 1/2 years,
and was an Army veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by his wife,
Gertrude D. Mattox; and a son, Johnny Mattox. He is survived by three sons,
Earl Randall Mattox, Union Hall, Bobby G. Mattox, Bassett, Mike A. Mattox,
Rocky Mount; four daughters, Shelby Sink, Ridgeway, Dixie Markham,
Chattanooga, Tenn., Bonnie Stanley, Rocky Mount, Mitzie Hale, Glade Hill;
seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three brothers, Clyde Mattox,
Martinsville, Euell ("Dick") Mattox, Rocky Mount, Haywood Mattox, Rocky Mount;
one sister, Norma Jean Akers, Rocky Mount. Funeral services will be conducted
at 2 p.m. Thursday in Flora Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Troy Mays and the
Rev. Carroll Clark officiating. Interment will follow in Franklin Memorial
Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Flora
Funeral Service, 342 South Main St., Rocky Mount.
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