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Mattie Atkinson

Published Wednesday, February 25, 1998 in the Nevada County Picayune

Mattie Atkinson, 98, of Hope died Monday, February 16, 1998, in a Hope hospital.

Mrs. Atkinson was born January 18, 1900, in Oklahoma, a member of Bodcaw #2 Baptist Church and a retired school teacher.

Survivors include two nephews, James D. Atkinson of Magnolia and James V. May of Bodcaw; three nieces, Martha Ann Payne of Texarkana, Texas, Catherine Jane Price of Marlow, Okla., and Mary Edith Grant of Texarkana, Ark.; and numerous great and great great nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Thursday, February 19, at Bodcaw #2 Baptist Church with Bro. Ray Bowman officiating. Burial was in Shover Springs Cemetery under the direction of Smith Funeral Home of Stamps.


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