Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carr, Gavin E., 1952 

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GAVIN E. CARR 

  SMITHFIELD, March 3 - Funeral services for Gavin Eugene Carr, who died at 
the Louise Obici Memorial Hospital on Thursday, were conducted Sunday at 2:30 
p.m. in the chapel of the Bullock Funeral Home. 

  Rev. Ellis Clark, pastor of Antioch Christian Church, conducted the 
services.  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemtery, Suffolk. 

  Active pallbearers were Morrison H. Holland, Charles H. Holland, Rodman E. 
Holland, Melvin Uzzell, Jasper Holland and Wilton Whitley.  Friends of the 
family were honorary pallbearers. 

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Gavin Eugene Carr Buried Sunday In Suffolk 

  Gavin Eugene Carr died at the Obici Hospital, late Thursday night, February 
28th after a long illness. 

  A prominent farmer and lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County, he was a 
member of the Antioch Christian Church. 

  Besides his and Mrs. Ella Mae Butler, both of [sic; widow, Mrs. Ella R. 
Carr, he is] survived by five daughters: Mrs. Jessmer Bradshaw and Mrs. Callie 
Atkins, both of Baltimore; Mrs. Edwin Whitley and Mrs. Rudolph H. Holland, 
both of Windsor; Mrs. Lucille Dunton, of Phoebus; and two sisters, Mrs. George 
Pearce and Mrs. Ella Mae Butler, both of Windsor; 10 grandchildren and 2 great-
great grandchildren. 

  The body rested at the Bullock Funeral Home, where services were conducted 
in the chapel Sunday at 2:30 P.M. by Rev. Ellis Clark, pastor of Antioch 
Christian Church.  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 

  Pallbearers were Morrison H. Holland, Charles H. Jones, Rodman E. Holland, 
Melvin Uzzell, Jasper Holland and Welton Whitley. 

  Friends of the family were honorary [pallbearers]. 


Gavin Eugene CARR, farmer, 
b. 26 Nov 1885, Isle of Wight Co., d. 28 Feb 1952, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 2 Mar 1952, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 53, Mon., Mar. 3, 1952, p. 3; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 34, No. 40, Thurs., Mar. 6, 1952, p. 4 

*Additional information: 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical 
   Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Mem. #46901948. 

D.Cert. 7264 (Chuckatuck #101) 

His parents, Solomon J. & "Mollie" Mary Jane (BUTLER) CARR, are buried 
   in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor. 
   Antioch list, another extension of the 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 

His father (1830 - 1906) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. D, 16th VA Infantry, paroled at Appomattox C.H.  Gavin's mother 
   (1838 - 1935) applied for a pension 2 Jun 1928. 


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