Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Chapman, Sallie A. , 1956 

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SALLIE ASBURY CHAPMAN CHAPMAN 

MRS. CHAPMAN, 84, BURIED MONDAY AT ST. LUKE'S CHURCH 

  Mrs. Sallie Asbury Chapman, 84, widow of John Walter Chapman, of Locust 
Grove, Isle of Wight County, died March 18, 1956, at the home of her foster 
daughter, Mrs. Thomas H. Birdsong Jr. in Suffolk.

  Mrs. Chapman, known to friends and relatives as "Aunt Sallie", had been 
living with Mr. and Mrs. Birdsong since the death of her husband.  She was 
widely known for civic, religious and cultural activities during her earlier 
years in Isle of Wight County.

  She served as organist at Benns Methodist Church for 50 years, was a 
charter member of the United Daughters of Confederacy Chapter in Smithfield 
and belonged also to the Smithfield Music Club and the Junto Woman's Club of 
Chuckatuck.

  Born in Mt. Holly, Isle of Wight County, she was a daughter of the late 
John Edwin and Caroline Chapman.

  She is survived by two other foster daughters, Mrs. Clyde Cooper of 
Portsmouth and Mrs. Julius D. Gwaltney of Smithfield; a foster son, Frank T. 
Wishart of Locust Grove; three nieces, Miss Ida Wright Chapman of Smithfield; 
Mrs. Victor Bell of Smithfield and Mrs. Bert Willard of Newport News, and 
three nephews, Jack Chapman of Orange; Thomas Wright Chapman of Danville, 
Ill. and James Edward Chapman, of Smithfield.

  Funeral services were conducted Monday at 3 p.m. at Benns Methodist Church 
by the Rev. Raymond Carson, pastor, and the Rev. George S. Lighter.  Burial 
was in St. Luke's Cemetery.


Sallie Asbury* (CHAPMAN; Mrs. John W.) CHAPMAN, of Locust Grove, 
Benns Methodist Church organist, 
b. 24 Sep 1871, Mt. Holly, Isle of Wight Co., 
d. 18 Mar 1956, at foster daughter's home, Suffolk, 
interred in Old St. Luke's Church Cemetery*, Benns Church, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 31, No. 43, Mar. 22, 1956 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #17: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Sallie & John share a gravestone, pictured with her Find a Grave Memorial, 
   #78216769. 

The gravestone shows "Sallie Asberry," but Asbury seems a more likely 
   spelling, especially for a Methodist. 

Her parents are buried in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Smithfield.  (IWCHS GSSTF #48) 


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