Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, Vernie L. Gay, 2000 

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VERNIE LOUISE GAY BEALE 

  Vernie Louise Gay Beale, 87, died Sept. 22, 2000, at Sentara Norfolk General 
Hospital. 

  A resident of Windsor, she was the daughter of the late William Ashley Gay 
and Dora Ann Turner Gay.  She was a member of Colosse Baptist Church and 
retired in 1997 from Windsor High School where she worked in the cafeteria. 
Mrs. Beale is predeceased by her husband, Newman R. Beale Sr. and a son, 
Newman R. Beale Jr. 

  She is survived by daughters, Nancy Hedgepeth and her husband, Larry, of 
Windsor, Barbara Thornton and her husband, Richard, of Richmond; daughter-in-
law, Shelby Beale of Windsor; sisters, Virginia Vassar of Windsor and Martha 
Pippins of Suffolk; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and 
several nieces and nephews. 

  A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Purviance Funeral Home Chapel, 
Wakefield, with the Rev. Basil "Buzz" Ballard officiating.  Burial will be in 
Holly Lawn Cemetery in Suffolk.  The family will receive friends at the 
funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and other times at the home of Nancy and 
Larry Hedgepeth, 103 Weaver Court, Windsor. 


"Vernie" Verna Louise (GAY; Mrs. Newman R. Sr.) BEALE, of Windsor, 
retired from of Windsor H.S. cafeteria, 
b. 30 Jul 1913, Isle of Wight Co., d. 22 Sep 2000, Norfolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 25 Sep 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sep. 23, 2000, p. B4 

*Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 9, 1968, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b400n2ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery, Collosse. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #44: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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