Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bissett, Edward R., 1982 

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EDWARD RYAN BISSETT SR. 

E.R. BISSETT 

  ZUNI - Edward R. Bissett, 60, of Zuni, died Saturday in Louise Obici 
Memorial Hospital, Suffolk. 

  A native of Texas, he was a retired welder from several shipyards in 
Norfolk.  He was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church, Zuni.  He served 
in the U.S. Army in World War II, and was formerly a member of Zuni Ruritan 
Club. 

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Marjorie Lewis Bissett; a daughter, Mrs. 
Carolyn B. Cobb, Suffolk; a son E. Ryan Bissett Jr., Suffolk; three brothers, 
Wesley T. Bissett, Dan Bissett, Landon Bissett, all of Port Lavaca, Texas; 
and three grandchildren. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Purviance Funeral Home, 
Windsor, by Rev. Stephen N. Weed. 

  Burial will be in Antioch Church Cemetery, Windsor. 

  The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today in the funeral 
home.  The family request that expressions of sympathy take the form of 
contributions to the Bethany Presbyterian Church or Zuni Training Center. 

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Mr. Edward Bissett 

  ZUNI - Edward R. Bissett, 60, of Zuni died Saturday in Louise Obici Memorial 
Hospital, Suffolk. 

  A native of Texas, he was a retired welder from several shipyards in 
Norfolk.  He was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church, Zuni.  He served in 
the U.S. Army in World War II, and was formerly a member of Zuni Ruritan Club. 

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Marjorie Lewis Bissett; a daughter, Mrs. 
Carolyn B. Cobb, Suffolk; a son, E. Ryan Bissett Jr., Suffolk; three brothers, 
Wesley T. Bissett, Dan Bissett and Landon Bissett, all of Port Lavaca, Texas; 
and three grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Purviance Funeral 
Home, Wakefield, by the Rev. Stephen N. Weed. 

  Burial will be in Antioch Church Cemetery, Windsor. 

  The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today in the funeral 
home.  The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of 
contributions to the Bethany Presbyterian Church or Zuni Training Center. 

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EDWARD RYAN BISSETT SR. 

   ZUNI - A funeral service for Edward R. Bissett Sr., 60, was held at 2 p.m. 
Tuesday in Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. Stephen N. Weed. 
Burial was in Antioch Church Cemetery, Windsor. 

   Bissett died Saturday in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk. 

   A native of Tivoli, Texas, he was the husband of Marjorie Lewis Bissett. 

   He was a retired welder and had worked in a number of Norfolk area 
shipyards.  He was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church and was an Army 
veteran of World War II.  He was a former member of Zuni Ruritan Club. 

   Other survivors include a daughter, Carolyn B. Cobb, and a son, E. Ryan 
Bissett Jr. of Suffolk; three brothers, Wesley T. Bissett, Dan Bissett and 
Landon Bissett of Port Lavaca, Texas; and three grandchildren. 

   Memorial donations may be made to Bethany Presbyterian Church or Zuni 
Presbyterian Training Center. 


Edward Ryan BISSETT, of Zuni, retired shipyard welder, Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 21 Aug 1922, Tivoli, Refugio Co., TX, d. 4 Sep 1982, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 7 Sep 1982, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Mon., Sep. 6, 1982, p. 25;  
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 60, No. 213, Mon., Sep. 6, 1982, p. 2; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., Sep. 9, 1982, p. 6A 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Photos of his gravestones are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104833771. 

His mother, Julia (HOLLOMAN) BISSETT (1900 - 1960), and maternal grandparents, 
   Edward Sidney & Cora May (OUTLAND) HOLLOMAN, are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 82-028216 gives his father as Irving. 

His widow's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," "Virginian-Pilot," & 
   "Smithfield Times," May 1995) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b230m3ob.txt 

His father, Irvin T. BISSETT (1898 - 1966) was a sailor in WW-I.  He is buried 
   in Tivoli Cemetery, Tivoli, Refugio Co., TX.  (Find a Grave Mem. #40200410) 

His mother's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," Jan. 1960) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b230j1ob.txt 


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