Guilford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Kilby, Virginius Smith 1924
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SUFFOLK NEWS HERALD - 05-25-1924
VIRGINIUS SMITH KILBY

V. S. KILBY DEAD, FUNERAL SUNDAY
Former Superintendent of Public Instruction Dies at Hospital In Greensboro, 
N.C.
  The remains of the late Virginius Kilby will be brought to Suffolk on the 
Southern railway, arriving here tomorrow morning at about 8 o'clock. The 
body will be taken to the home of Mr. Hersey Woodward on North Main Street, 
where it will rest till 3 o'clock in the afternoon Sunday, when the funeral 
will take place from the Christian Church, with the Rev. W.W. Staley 
officiating.
  Virginius S. Kilby, aged 83 years, died this morning in Greensboro, N.C., 
where he had been ill since his return from Florida, where he had spent the 
winter with his daughter, Mrs. John W. Page, at Deland. He is survived also 
by a son, James T. Kilby, of near Danville, Va. For the past 15 years Mr. 
Kilby has been making his home with his daughter, spending his winters with 
her in Florida and at her home in North Carolina during the summers.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN
  Mr. Kilby has the distinction of having served throughout the Confederate 
War in Mahones famous brigade, which saw hard service and was one of the few 
surviving members of Tom Smith Camp Confederate Veterans. He was the son of 
the late Thomas J. Kilby and a member of one of the oldest and most 
prominent families of the state. He was born in this city in a house that 
formerly stood on Main Street where the Seaboard Air Line railway crosses.

DEACON IN CHURCH
  Mr. Kilby was a deacon in the Christian Church of Suffolk prior to his 
removal, and was the second superintendent of schools of Nansemond county 
under the present public school system. He was a leading citizen of the 
community and took prominent part in all its affairs, having a hosts of 
friends among the older citizens of the city.
  After the service at the Christian Church tomorrow afternoon the body will 
be taken to Saunders Station, where it will be laid to rest by the side of 
his wife, who preceded him to the grave in 1888. Other arrangements for the 
funeral will be made this afternoon. 


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