Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cofield, Virginius W., 1951 

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Rites Today For Virginius Cofield 

  Funeral services for Virginius W. Cofield, 80, who died at the home of his 
brother, H.P. Cofield, Sr., near Windsor at 10:50 p.m. Friday, will be 
conducted at the residence at 3 p.m. today by the Rev. R.H. Shapland and the 
Rev. J.M. Roberts. 

  Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Daisy Cofield Carter, of Florence, 
S.C.; two sons, G.W. Cofield, of Windsor, H.W. Cofield, of Hopewell; four 
grandchildren, Miss Virginia Cofield, of Windsor, Miss Nora Hughes, of 
Florence, S.C., Nolan Cofield and Miss Nancy Cofield, of Hopewell; one great-
grandchild, Noland Ross Cofield; two sisters, Mrs. Viola Donglas, of Wilson, 
N.C., Mrs. Eunice Atkins, of Fredericksburg; two brothers, H.P. Cofield and 
J.J. Cofield, of Windsor; several nieces and nephews. 

  He was a member of Woodland Methodist Church.  Interment will be in the 
family cemetery. 

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Rites Held For Virginius Cofield 

  Funeral services for Virginius Washington Cofield, who died Friday night at 
the home of his brother, H.F. Cofield, near Windsor, were conducted at the 
residence yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. R.H Shanland and the 
Rev. J.M. Roberts. 

  The Woodland Methodist Church choir, accompanied be Mrs. E.H. Doggett, sang, 
"God Will Take Care of You."  Rev. Roberts read Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar." 

  The pall was of Easter lilies and red roses.  Pallbearers were Luther 
Strawn, Leslie Scott, H.H. Holland, Fleetwood Garner, William Laine, R.L. 
Griffin, C.S. Butler and Lane Gwaltney. 

  Interment was in the family cemetery. 


Virginius Washington COFIELD, carpenter, 
b. 22 Mar 1870, Isle of Wight Co., 
d. 18 Jan 1951, at brother's home, near Windsor, 
interred in the COFIELD family cemetery*, Murphy Mill Rd., 21 Jan 1951, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 29, No. 17, Sun., Jan. 21, 1951, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 29, No. 18, Mon., Jan. 22, 1951, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #204: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Find a Grave Memorial #134948880 [no photo] 

D.Cert. 1731 (Newport #1) spells his mother's maiden name MURPHEY. 

His parents, Emmett W. & Mary (MURPHY) COFIELD, are also buried there. 


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