Elkin Mrs. Hazel Jarvis Mathis, age 93, formerly from Victoria Street Elkin, passed away October 16, 2008 at Wilkes Senior Village. Mrs. Mathis was born January 21, 1915 in Winston Salem to Grover and Lona Jarvis. Mrs. Mathis graduated from Clemmons High School. She married Fleet Mathis on April 9, 1939 and was married for 68 years until he passed away on April 22, 2007. Hazel and Fleet worked for Chatham Manufacturing in Winston-Salem and moved to Elkin when the finishing operations moved here in 1940. After raising their four children, she went to work at Brinegar Cabin on the Blue Ridge Parkway and after several years became the co-manager, retiring in 1986. She was known for making cross stitch pillow and weaving rugs. She and Fleet enjoyed Elkin First Baptist Church where they were members, golfing and traveling. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by four brothers, Spencer Jarvis, G.W. "Buddy" Jarvis, Woodrow Jarvis, and Pete Jarvis; three sisters; Mabel Watson, Ruth Southard and Lillian Saylor. Survivors include: two sons, John Mathis and wife Luann, Davis Mathis and wife Diane all of Elkin; two daughters, Sara Carter and husband Stony of Elkin, Sally Hutchens of Winston-Salem; a sister, Lois Hunter and husband John of Clemmons; three grandchildren, four great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Elkin First Baptist Church by Dr. Bill Johnson and Rev. Rebecca Maynard. Burial will follow at Hollywood Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Hodges Funeral Home in Elkin. Mrs. Mathis will lie instate 30 minutes prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation, PO Box 560, Elkin, NC 28621 or to the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, 7717 S. Marshall Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101. The family appreciates the wonderful care our mom received at Villages of Wilkes, Wilkes Senior Village and from Dr. Laura Hubbard. Online condolences may be made at www.hodgesfuneralhomeinc.com Hodges Funeral Home in Elkin is serving the Mathis family.
