WESTVILLE LOSES PROMINENT CITIZEN:  Mr A J Matthews Dies After Long Illness:  Last Saturday morning, the said intelligence of the death of Mr A J Matthews, at Birmingham, Ala, was received by his heartbroken wife and daughter.  Recently Mr Matthews, attended by his son, Charley, went to Hot Springs hoping that he might be benefited and cured at that celebrated health resort.  But it seems his hopes were in vain, as the physicians assured him they could do nothing for him.  Returning as far as Birmingham, near which city a brother resides, he entered a Sanitarium there and died, attended by his devoted heartbroken son and brother.  Saturday night last the remains, escorted by son and brother, arrived in Westville on the 10:15 pm, accommodation train.  A company of sympathizing townsmen met them and transported the remains to the family residence, where it remained in state, until this Monday morning, when it will be transported to the old Camp Ground Cemetery, near Cerro Gordo, for interment.  Mr Matthews was one of our leading merchants, an enterprising, public spirited citizen, devoted and affectionate husband and father, and whose departure from our midst will be missed by more than the heartbroken, inconsolable loved ones.

SOURCE:  Holmes County Advertiser, Bonifay FL, Saturday, 1 Apr 1911; transcribed by Cathy Strickland Popp