Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brock, Raymond, 1954 

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RAYMOND BROCK 

ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY FARMER FATALLY BURNED IN BLAZE THAT DESTROYS HOME 

   A lighted cigarette may have been responsible for the death of Raymond 
Brock, 48, Isle of Wight County farmer, early Friday morning, December 10.

   Brock was burned to death in a midnight fire that destroyed his two-story 
frame residence on the Blackwater Road.  He died in a rocking chair in the 
dining room, where he had been watching television.

   His wife, Mrs. Martha Lowe Brock, escaped from the house after she had 
been awakened by a neighbor.  She had gone to bed before 8 o’clock, leaving 
her husband alone in the dining room.  It is believed that Brock fell 
asleep while smoking a cigarette.

   Foiled by the heat in an attempt to save her husband, Mrs. Brock drove 
in the family car to the residence of D.F. Whitley in quest of aid.  Whitley 
tried to enter the house by kicking in a window; but he too was blocked by 
the flames.

   According to a neighbor, Mrs. J.R. Whitley, the fire started about 11:30. 
This was confirmed by another neighbor, B.S. Duck, who lives about 100 yards 
from the Brock home.  Duck was quoted as saying that he ran to the Brock 
home and tried to enter the front door.  Driven back by the flames, he ran 
around to the Brock’s bedroom on the first floor and managed to wake her up. 
She attempted without avail to enter the room where her husband was.

   Responding to the call for assistance were the Windsor and Ivor volunteer 
fire departments, which finding the blaze beyond control, saved the out-
buildings by wetting them down.

   A native of Isle of Wight County, Brock was a son of the late Noah and 
Maggie Stakes* Brock.  He was a member of the Tucker Swamp Baptist Church.

   Besides his wife he is survived by a son, Garland Brock; four brothers, 
Linwood Brock of Carrsville, William Brock of Churckatuck, Gavin Brock of 
Kenbridge, and Marshall Brock of Sedley; and two sisters, Mrs. Annie Carr of 
Sedley and Mrs. E.C. Williams of Carrsville.

   Funeral services were conducted at the Tucker Swamp Baptist Church on 
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. L.E. Holzbach, pastor.  Burial was in 
Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk.

   Pallbearers were Woodrow Cobb, Lonnie Harrell, Julian Jenkins, Jr., Frank 
Johnson, Loftin Rhodes and David Whitley.


Raymond BROCK, farmer, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, consumed in fire 9 Dec 1954, at home, age 48, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery**, Suffolk, 12 Dec 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 16, 1954 

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

His widow 2m. Norman F. PIPPINS, 5 May 1955, in Pasquotank Co., NC. 
   She is 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 

*Raymond's parents are buried in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, near 
   Carrsville.  His mother's maiden name appears as STATE on their monument. 
   GSSTF report #42 
   Beaver Dam list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 

However, her maiden name also appears as STAKES or STAKES, in other records.  


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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