Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Avis, James E., 1936 

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        JAMES E. ARVIS [sic; AVIS] 

   Windsor, Va., July 5 - (Special) James E. Arvis, aged 80 well-known citizen 
of Isle of Wight County died tonight at 8 o’clock at his home here.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary M. Arvis; three daughters, Mrs. W.F. 
Dosie, Mrs. Cora Spivey and Mrs. R.W. Lewis all of Windsor; two sons, James D. 
Arvis and John H. Arvis; one stepdaughter, Mrs. W.T. Johnson; a half-sisters 
Mrs. C.E. Spivey; a half-brother, Hardy Darden; nine grandchildren and one 
great-grandchild.


James E. AVIS, retired farmer, 
b. 6 Oct 1855, Isle of Wight Co., d. 5 Jul 1936, at home, near Windsor, 
interred in the AVIS family cemetery*, Collosse Rd., 7 Jul 1936, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," July 9, 1936, p. 1, col. 4 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #113: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

*Additional information: 

His widow, "Polly" Mary Mildred (SPIVEY) AVIS 1m. Jesse JOHNSON. 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 18479 (Windsor #4), which gives son of John and 
   Malinda (Darden) Avis. 

Magdelena DARDEN, dt/o George & Martha DARDEN, 1m. John AVIS, 16 Oct 1848. 

Widowed (possibly by 1860) she 2m. James DARDEN, sn/o Hardy & Nancy DARDEN, 
   28 Jan 1864; the IoW. M.Reg., quite confused during the Civil War, gives 
   them both as single.  (1864 #9)  James d. 1 Nov 1874.  Magdelena d. 
   4 Nov 1912.  She & their son Hardy DARDEN (1864-1947) are buried in 
   Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery, Collosse.  {IWCHS GSSTF #44}  


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