Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carr, Mary J. Vaughan, 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MARY JANE VAUGHAN JOYNER CARR SUFFOLK NEWS. Robber Steals Ladder to Burglarize House - Fire Loss Will be Heavy. (Special to The Landmark.) Suffolk, Va., July 1. - [...] DEATH OF MRS. CARR. Mrs. Mary Jane Carr, age 73 years, died here at 7 o'clock at the home of her relative, Sergeant Brinkley. The funeral services will be held to-morrow at 3 p.m. at the Christian Church, being conducted by Rev. H.H. Butler, after which interment will take place in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Carr was a former resident of Windsor, N.C., but at the time of her death was stopping with the family of Sergeant Brinkley. The following will act as pall-bearers to-morrow: Active - Messrs. George Nurney, Walter Ballard, John King, Letcher Gay, Walter Joyner, C.A. Shoop, E.E. Holland, E.L. Marshall and N.G. Niblett. Honorary - Messrs. G.W. Nurney, W.H. Jones, W.H. Gay, B.S. Kilby, R.E. Whitehead. A.A. Riddick, R.E. Norfleet and Otis Smith. ****************************************************************************** Suffolk Letter. Mrs. Mary Jane Carr, relict of Solomon Carr, came to Suffolk eighteen days ago to visit S.J. Carr and family and his daughter, wife of Sergeant W.E. Brinkley. She seemed to be in perfect health, but within a week she was taken sick and succumbed after 10 days . She was born January 1, 1831, and died June 30, 1904, and was 73 years and six months of age. She was Mary J. Vaughn [sic; Vaughan] of Isle of Wight and first married Jethro T. Joyner. By this marriage there were two children, J.T. Joyner, who is married and has a family of eight children; and Mary J., who married Jesse E. Rawles, was the mother of six children, all are dead but one, then died and was buried in Suffolk. Solomon Carr, her last husband, was thrice married. He was married first to Mary Whitehead, who bore him four children, B.T. Carr of Windsor, Mary E. who married Luther Bradshaw, Fannie, who died unmarried, and S.J. Carr, who is a deacon in Suffolk Christian church. Brother S.J. Carr has been twice married and has six living children and two dead. He first married Mary E. Eley, sister of A.M. and J.A. Eley of Norfolk, and their only child is now Mrs. W.E. Brinkley, who has won such praise as a singer of devotional music. His second wife was Miss Martha A. Ballard, whose living children are five with two small children dead. Their oldest daughter, Jamie, is a member of the Suffolk church and organist of the Main Street Methodist church. Solomon Carr married the 2nd time a widow Johnson, who was the mother of one son, who died young, and one daughter, M.A. Carr, who became the wife of Deacon A.M. Eley. She was the mother of twelve children, ten of whom are living, and then passed from her home in earth to her home in heaven. As above stated, Solomon Carr married the third time the widow [of] Jethro Joyner and by this marriage there were four children, Darius Carr, who married Bettie Thomas of Smithfield, Virginia, and has nine children: J. Matt Carr, who married Leila Hargrove, grand-daughter of Colonel A. Savage; he died a few years ago leaving a widow with one little son; Claud L. married Deccie McWhorter of West Va., and they have two children; Joseph C , married Carrie Jones, daughter of Rev. Dr. C.J. Jones, and they reside in Marion, Indiana, and have no children. They came to the funeral. To sum up the family history, numerically, including all the marriages of Solomon Carr and his last wife, there have been twelve children, sixty-one grand-children, and six great-grand-children. Of these four children dead, twelve grand-children dead, living children eight, living grand-children fifty, living great-grand-children six. Total 64. The family has been devoted to the Christian church, has furnished much musical talent and good church workers, and deserves a larger place in written history than this brief and imperfect sketch. Mrs. Carr herself was a meek and gentle Christian, bringing up her children in the "nurture and admonition of the Lord." They are all members of the church, and all at the mother's funeral, which was conducted from the Suffolk Christian church at 3.00 p.m., July 2nd, by her pastor, Rev. H.H. Butler. assisted by this scribe. She was a member of old Antioch church Isle of Wight county,Va., but happened to be in Suffolk at the time of her death and it was her request to be buried where she might die. Her husband has been dead since 1876 and she spent her last years with her children in Isle of Wight, Norfolk, and Suffolk. Her life has been sweet and beautiful among her loved ones, it has been mighty as a religious force over their lives and it closes with a benediction of hope to their hearts. Mother is a sweet name to human thought, and it increases in its value with the passing years. In this case one could not tell children and step-children apart, so completely did she fill a mother's place to all. They loved her because she loved them. Mother, home, and heaven ought to be linked together, and they may when mother does her full duty towards her children. When she neglects them religiously she exposes them to dangers from which no human service can save them. Mrs. Carr was patient, spiritually minded, sweet of temper, appreciative of kindness, a fountain of affection. She closes her life in peace and leaves a large family to mourn in hope. A large circle of relatives attended the funeral, the floral tributes were fine, and Pastor Butler paid a beautiful tribute to her memory. I have taken this much space because the large family has been useful in the church, and to show the influence of a Christian mother over her household. Good mothers have more value in the protection and future of the nation than all the navies which cost millions upon millions. W.W. STALEY. Mary Jane (VAUGHAN JOYNER; Mrs. Solomon) CARR, b. 1 Jan 1831, Isle of Wight Co., d. 30 Jun 1904, Suffolk, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 2 Jul 1904, "Norfolk (VA) Landmark," Vol. 58, No. 105, Sat., July 2, 1904, p. 8; "Christian Sun" (Elon College, NC), Vol. "LVI" [LVII], No. 27, Wed., July 6, 1904, p. 5; file at: https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn93062839/1904-07-06/ed-1/seq-5/ *Additional information: Unmarked? Added to the Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt No Find a Grave Memorial Her second husband (1822 - 1876) was Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. F, 61st VA Infantry. He is buried in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor Antioch list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt IWCHS GSSTF report #20 gives "Soloman." Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} reports: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html His death notice ("Norfolk Landmark," Aug. 17, 1876, p. 4) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c600s10o.txt She applied for a pension 23 May 1902, stating Solomon d. of indigestion. Her obit ("Christian Sun," July 6, 1904, p. 5) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c600m15o.txt Note that there is another Solomon CARR (1830 - 1906) buried at Antioch - also a Confederate veteran, who served as a private in Co. D, 16th VA Infantry, whose second wife Mary Jane "Mollie" (BUTLER) CARR applied for a pension 2 Jun 1928. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c600m15o.txt