Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Chapman, Henry, 1936 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ HENRY CHAPMAN DEAD AT WINDSOR Well-Known Isle of Wight Resident Dies Yesterday Henry Chapman, aged 85, well-known Isle of Wight resident, died at his home near Windsor yesterday at [1] p.m. after an illness of several days duration. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Antioch Christian Church by the Rev. Mr. Crutchfield, pastor, and the Rev. W.R. Bulah, of Zuni. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Surviving Mr. Chapman are a daughter, Miss Annie Chapman, of Windsor; three sons, Obie and Willie Chapman, of Windsor, and John Chapman, of Petersburg; two sisters, Miss Mamie Chapman, of Hopewell, and Miss Polly Chapman, of Zuni. ****************************************************************************** HENRY CHAPMAN Suffolk, Nov. 28 - Funeral services for Henry Chapman, who died at his home near Windsor, Thursday, were conducted this afternoon at Antioch Christian Church at 2:30 o’clock, by the Rev. H.E. Crutchfield, assisted by the Rev. W.R. Butler. Burial was in the church cemetery. The choir, accompanied by Mrs. W.A. Edwards, sang the hymns, "Abide With Me," "Home of the Soul," and "The Land Where We Never Grow Old;" a duet "When I Take My Vacation In Heaven" sung by Mrs. Lois Pierce and Miss Winifred Clements. The casket was covered with a pall of Easter lilies and white chrysanthemums. Active pallbearers were Gilbert Chapman, Homer Lee Chapman, J.T. Joyner, L.E. Joyner, Lewis Chapman, Bernard Chapman, Willie Mitchell and Cleveland Carr. Honorary pallbearers were Grover Harrison, Jesse Thorne, Henry Holland, Alvin Carr, Johan Edwards, George Carr, Clinton Johnson, R.T. Bowden and Letcher Uzzle. [sic; Uzzell] ****************************************************************************** HENRY CHAPMAN Henry Chapman, 85, died Thursday afternoon at his home near Windsor. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Antioch Christian Church by the Rev. Mr. Crutchfield pastor, assisted by the Rev. W.R. Butler, of Bethany Presbyterian Church at Zuni. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Chapman is survived by a daughter, Miss Annie Chapman of Isle of Wight County; three sons, Obie and Willie Chapman of Windsor and John Chapman of Petersburg; two sisters, Miss Mamie Chapman of Hopewell, and Miss Polly Chapman of Zuni. Henry CHAPMAN, farmer, b. 20 Nov 1851, Isle of Wight Co., d. 26 Nov 1936, at home, near Windsor, interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, 28 Nov 1936, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 14, No. 210, Fri., Nov. 27, 1936, p. 8; donated obit, newspaper unknown; "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 17, No. 38, Dec. 3, 1936, p. 1, col. 2 *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} report #20: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html The 1900 Census gives b. Jan 1860; 1910, age 53; 1881 m.rec. gives 25, so b. c1856. 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/c155h1ob.txt