Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barrett, Walter S., 1948 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ WALTER STROUSE BARRETT WALTER S. BARRETT DIED XMAS NIGHT Funeral services for Walter Strouse Barrett who died of a heart attack in Suffolk Saturday night, December 25th, were conducted at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, December 28th, at Antioch Christian Church and burial was in the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ava Darden Barrett; five daughters, Misses Eunice Barrett, Elsie Barrett, Effie Barrett, Betty Barrett and Christine Barrett, all of Chuckatuck; one son, Edwin Barrett, of Chuckatuck; three sisters, Mrs. D.M. Cobb of Zuni; Mrs. W.A. Cobb of Zuni and Mrs. C.E. Tomlin of Zuni; two brothers, Joseph A. Barrett of Zuni, and M.T. Barrett of Smithfield; two half-brothers, Edgar C. Barrett of Newport News; Emmett G. Barrett of Wakefield, and a stepmother, Mrs. Eliza Barrett of Hampton. Walter Strouse BARRETT, of Kimberly, Nansemond Co., carpenter & turner, b. 19 Aug 1900, Isle of Wight Co., d. 25 Dec 1948, Suffolk, interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 28 Dec 1948, "Smithfield (VA) Times, Vol. 31, No. 31, Wed., Jan. 5, 1949, p. 1 *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} #20: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104819325. His mother, "Anna" Indiana Rebecca (CARR) BARRETT (1861 - 1904) is marked on the reverse of Walter's gravestone. His father, Mills Thomas BARRETT, Sr. (1865 - 1935), & step-mother are also buried there. Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 27122 (Suffolk #394), which says he fell dead in the mens' restroom in the Busy Bee Cafe. His widow is buried with parents in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery, Collosse. {IWCHS GSSTF report #44} Her obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Dec. 22, 1954, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b630a7ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b630w10o.txt