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Ernest Mathis Obituary
BRONX, NY-- Mr. Ernest "Pookie" Lee Mathis, 61, of 875 Boynton Avenue, passed Saturday, April 17, 2010. He was the son of Mrs. Viola Kennedy Mathis of Spartanburg, SC, and the late Mr. Floyd Mathis, Sr. A native of Spartanburg County, he was a member of the Macedonia Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sisters, Dorothy Hendrix of Bronx, NY, and Peggy Ferguson of Spartanburg, SC; five brothers, Floyd Mathis, Jr., Ronnie Mathis, Donald R. Mathis, Charles E. Mathis, Jesse Lee Mathis, all of Spartanburg, SC.
The family will receive friends at the home of his mother, Mrs. Viola Kennedy Mathis at 116 North Carolina Avenue, Spartanburg, SC.
J. W. Woodward
Funeral Home
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Memories and Condolences
for Ernest Mathis
Tracie Downs
April 26, 2010
I am sorry to hear of your loss, my prayers are with you all. May God keep you in perfect peace. My love to you Ms Viola. Sorry I was not here.
Mae Charles Byars
April 26, 2010
Those we love remain with us,
for love itself lives on.
Cherished memories never fade,
because one loved is gone.
Those we love can never be,
more than a thought apart,
for as long as there's a memory,
they live on in our hearts.
I will always have memories of
my trips to New York that included
"POOKIE".
Shopping at Macy's (his favorite).
The Oil Shops, Shoe Stores,
Lincoln Center, Dinner Cruises,
and much more.
all of this I will miss!
But, my memories and LOVE
for "POOKIE"
Will live on!
Tyrone & Valerie Dawkins & Family
April 24, 2010
Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
James and Saundra G. Gaffney
April 22, 2010
To Mrs. Mathis, Charles and Jeroline:
Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this season of your lives. May God continue to keep you.
Paulette Ferguson
April 20, 2010
To the Mathis Family. I want to say thank you Pookie for being a great role model for my husband Odell to look up to. He turned out to be a good man and I know you had a lot to do with that along with his mother .thank you. Paulette Ferguson
Clara Redmond
April 20, 2010
To the Mathis family,
I was truly sadden to learn of "Pookie's" passing. Sylvester (Bobo) and & Clara Redmond will keep all of you in our prayers in your lost. Clara is the sister of Imogene
Imogene Clarke
April 20, 2010
To the family of Ernest "Pookie" Mathis:
This is a very hard time for all of us but we will get through it as time passes. I pray God's comfort and loving hands will surround you in the coming weeks.
Pookie was a dear loving friend for many, many years and I will truly miss him. The plans we made for retirement are not cancelled only deferred for a while. Rest my sweet, sweet "Pookie".
Karen Mathis-Willis
April 20, 2010
Uncle Ernie, I can't express everything you had come to mean to me. When my mother needed you to get me settled in my new job in Syracuse, NY, you didn't hesitate to be there for us. That took place in 1987, and since then, we had become the best of friends. You were always there to give me advice and didn't mind letting me know when I was "messing" up. We talked on the phone quite often and after every conversation, I told you that I loved you, and I would always kid you because you never said it back. Uncle Ernie, I knew that you loved me and you will always, always remain forever in my heart. Love, Karen
WILLIE BROWNING
April 20, 2010
I HAVE LOSS A DEAR FRIEND OF MIND,SOMEONE THAT I CAN SAY WAS A TRUE FRIEND.A TRUE FRIEND IS SOMETIME CLOSER THAN A BROTHER.HE WILL BE MISSED VERY MUCH.GOD CALLED HIM HOME!
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