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Vernon Lee Mathis

1. New Hanover, North Carolina

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November 18, 2013
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1. New Hanover, North Carolina

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Andrews Mortuary and Crematory - Market Street Chapel - Wilmington Obituary

Vernon Lee Mathis, 85, of Wilmington went home to be with the Lord on Monday evening, November 18, 2013 at Trinity Grove Nursing Facility. Vernon was born January 25, 1928 in Copperhill, TN, the son of the late Robert Mathis and Athea Key Mathis, and was husband of the late Geneva Petty Mathis....

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Raymond, Sue and Linda
Sorry to hear. But your dad was very special and I will always remember him.
God Bless You.

Sue, we're so sorry to hear about your dad. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Your dad was a wonderful man and I know he will be missed. Rita and Jerry Raynor

Raymond our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Much love, Cathy and Mark Holland

Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you at this time. May God strengthen and comfort you.
Clarence and Jean Barnes

I have been lifelong friends with the Mathis family since I was a very young and knew them well being one neighborhood kids. Both Mr. & Mrs. Mathis treated us like one of their own. Mr. Mathis always had a smile and spoke to you. In later years when I would visit Raymond at the Mathis home when he stayed with his dad, again, he always had a great smile and would engage in conversation with you. If you asked him how he was it was always that he was doing well. Always well dressed and a very...

Words cannot express how we all felt about Mr. Vernon..Gentle ,polite, and sure did "love his folks".Am very proud to have gotten to know Your Dear Dad! Much love, sadly missed, Vicky

Our prayers are with the family. May God give you peace and grace during this time. With Love, the Coastal Community Baptist Church family.

I met Mr. Mathis while visiting my mother at Trinity Grove, and immediately liked him. Always very polite, with a calm demeanor. A gentleman for sure.

Wanted to share memories of your dad joining us at the dinner table. My Mom would frequently in her soft yet very true to life voice engage and offer a compliment on your dad's hair, his politeness, his interaction with one of his children and so forth. His essence and presence will be missed. You all are great children and his love for you showed in his twinkling eyes when he looked at you. Annie Bannie and Shirley Brodsky-Miller