Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Chalmers, James F., 1937 

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JAMES FENELON CHALMERS

JAMES F. CHALMERS

  Funeral services for James Fenelon Chalmers who died Wednesday night at 
Leigh Memorial Hospital, Norfolk, were conducted Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock 
at the residence of W.P. Warren in Smithfield, by the Rev. William Brayshaw, 
rector of Christ Church, Smithfield.  Burial was in Ivy Hill Cemetery.

  Pallbearers were J.D. MacClenny, George Artman, E.H. Rawles, Pembroke Baker, 
Dr. C.H. Dawson, Frank Batten, Walter Hundley, Harvard Birdsong, Vernon Hill, 
Frank Moody, B.B. Briggs, Jenelyn Wilson, Holmes Butler and Wiley Cobb.

  Mr. Chalmers, who was born in Smithfield in 1886, was the son of John D. 
Chalmers and Mrs. Mary P. Cowper Chalmers.  He was associated for a number of 
years with the American Peanut Company in Smithfield and for the past 16 years 
has been associated with the Suffolk Peanut Company.

  He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Smithfield.

  Besides his wife Mrs. Fannie Lawson Chalmers, Mr. Chalmers is survived by a 
sister, Mrs. L.O. Parker of Smithfield; a brother, Frederick C. Chalmers, of 
Wichita Falls, Texas; a niece, Mrs. Helen Chalmers Quinlan and a great nephew, 
John Davis Quinlan, of Smithfield.


James Fenelon CHALMERS, peanut buyer, 
b. 8 Aug 1886, Smithfield, d. 22 Sep 1937, Norfolk, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 24 Sep 1937, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 18, No. 28, Sep. 30, 1937, p. 1, col. 3 

*His parents are buried there also. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} Ivy Hill list (#48): 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Birthdate computed from age 51y,1m,14d (D.Cert. #21397). 

His father's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Jan. 10, 1899), 
   with his marriage records appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c456j1ob.txt 


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