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DATE: Thursday, March 14, 1996               TAG: 9603140269
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B10  EDITION: FINAL 
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JOHN W. MATHEWS

John Willard Mathews, 59, of the 2600 block of River Oaks Drive, died March 12, 1996, in Portsmouth.

Mr. Mathews, a retired lieutenant from the Portsmouth Fire Department, was a native of Newport News.

Survivors include three daughters, Terry Holthoff of Chesapeake, Sharon Muldez of Virginia Beach and Stacey Dunn of Portsmouth; her mother, Sallie Alford Mathews of Suffolk; two sisters, Jane Ross of Chesapeake and Carol Kelvington of Portsmouth; a brother, Rev. Ned Lee Mathews of Gastonia, N.C.; and five grandchildren, Ashley, Ryan, Nathan Matthew, Jenna and Austin.

The funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at Snellings Funeral Home, Churchland Chapel, by the Rev. Ned Mathews. Burial will be in Meadowbrook Memorial Park.

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