This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: linda60131 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.currituck/634.4.2.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dawn, I am typing from newspaper clippings. In handwritting is written May 30, 1924 DEATHS Henry J. Mathias, aged 50, died yesterday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock at a Norfolk Hospital after a short illness. He was a native of North Carolina, and was stationed at the Virginia Beach coast guard station. Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral apartments of L.L. Williams, 3401 Granby street, this afternoon at 3 o'clock. He was a member of Virginia Beach Lodge 274, A. F. and A. M. Members of the order will meet this afternoon at 1 o'clock at Masonic Temple and accompany the body to Forest Lawn Cemetery, where burial will take place with full Masonic rites. From another newspaper H. J. Mathias-Funeral services for Mr. Mathias were conducted at the funeral apartments of L.L. Williams, 3401 Granby street yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Rev. Paul Buckles, pastor of Virginia Beach Presbyterian Church, officiated. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pallbearers were: W.H.Partridge, L.C. Newbern, A.L. Morrisette, W.A. Fulcher, M.A. Moore, W.B. Taylor, and J. E. Jard. Services with full Masonic rites were conducted by Virginia Beach Lodge A. F. and A. M., which attended in a body. Last article I have Funeral services of H. J. Mathias, who died Friday in a Norfolk Hospital after a prolonged illness, were conducted yesterday afternoon from the funeral apartments of L.L. Williams in Norfolk. Rev. Paul Buckles, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiated. Burial was in the Forest Lawn cemetery. Pallbearers were W.H. Partridge, L.C. Newton, A.L. Morrisette, W.A. Fulcher, M.A. Moore, W.B. Taylor, and J.E.Jard. Services with full Masonic rites were conducted by the Virginia Beach Lodge, A. F. and A. M., which attended in a body. Mr. Mathias was a United States Coast Guard member living on 24th street. He has a wife and seven children. The last statement is in err. He had eight living children at the time. Grady did not drown untill about 1946. Grady was never found. He was aboard a boat called the Sea Toy. The boat was found floating on the Delaware side of the Bay. The two men were missing. It was thought that one man fell overboard and Grady jumped over to help him as they found Grady's hipboots and rain gear on the deck. It occured in the winter months and it was said that both men would have froze to death almost immediately. I have a few newspaper articles on the search for the Sea Toy I will give you the information soon, if you would be interested. Also, reguarding Grady, there is a monument in Cape May with all the names and dates of all the lost fisherman for Cape May County. It is beautiful and depicts a young woman, with two or three children at her feet looking out to sea. If you ever get to Cape May you should look for it. It's within a mile of the Coast Guard Base. Linda Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.