Isle of Wight County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Chapman, B. Ned, 1947 

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Ned Chapman, 63, Dies Suddenly At Laundry Office 

  Benjamin N. Chapman, 63, of 2607 Seminary Ave., secretary-treasurer of the 
Pearl Laundry Company, died unexpectedly Fri., October 3rd, at 1:30 p.m. in 
his office in Richmond. 

  Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Woody's Funeral Home in 
Richmond and interment was in Oakwood Cemetery. 

  Mr. Chapman, a son of the late Benj. Chapman and Mrs. Margaret Whitley 
Chapman, was born on April 2, 1883, in Isle of Wight County.  He attended 
county schools and later the Massey Business College here. 

  He was secretary-treasurer of the Pitts Furniture Company here until he and 
others founded the Pearl Laundry Company in 1919.  He served as president of 
the concern for sometime but later years held the post of secretary-treasurer. 

  Mr. Chapman was a member of the Webber Memorial Baptist Church, West End 
Business Association and Richmond Chamber of Commerce. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mabel Bowden Chapman; three sisters, Mrs. A.V. 
Wilson, of Asheville, N.C.; Mrs. J.S. Bowden, of this city and Mrs E.C. Stump, 
of Hilton Village, Va.; and two brothers, Clarence Chapman, of Mount Ranier, 
Md., and J.M. Chapman, of Hilton Village, Va., and his stepmother, Mrs. Maggie 
Pinner, of Smithfield. 


"Bob" Benjamin Ned CHAPMAN, businessman, 
b. 2 Apr 1883*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 3 Oct 1947, at work, Richmond, 
interred in Oakwood Cemetery*, Richmond, 7 Oct 1943, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 30, No. 18, Wed., Oct. 8, 1947, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

His WW-I draft card gives b. 2 Apr 1884.  An image of it - added by Lori Gott 
   - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #118718770. 

D.Cert. 21725 (Richmond #2245) 

His father (1862 - 1908) is buried in Whitehead's Grove Baptist Church 
   Cemetery.  Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #73: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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