Isle of Wight-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carr, Thomas M. Sr., 1962 

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THOMAS MATTHEW CARR 

  Zuni - Thomas Matthew Carr Sr, 70, died Monday morning in a Suffolk hospital 
after a brief illness. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, he was a timekeeper for the Virginia State 
Highway Department for ten years.  He was a son of Matthew William and Mrs. 
Mary Mumford [sic; Mountford*] Carr.  He was a member of Bethany Presbyterian 
Church, Zuni. 

  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ada Lee Bailey Carr; three sons, T.M. Carr 
Jr., Fred G Carr, and Lawrence Bailey Carr; and six grandchildren all of Zuni. 

  A funeral service will be conducted Wednesday at 2:30 pm in Purviance 
Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, by Rev. Gerald Voye of Bethany Presbyterian Church 
and Rev. J.W. Horne of Tucker Swamp Baptist Church.  Burial will be in Antioch 
Christian Church Cemetery near Windsor. 

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Thomas M. Carr Rites Tomorrow 

  ZUNI - Funeral services for Thomas Matthew Carr Sr. will be conducted 
tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, by the Rev. Gerald 
Voye, pastor of Bethany Presbyterian church, and the Rev. J.W. Horne, pastor 
of Tucker Swamp Baptist church.  Burial will be in Antioch Christian church 
near Windsor. 

  Mr. Matthews, 70, died Monday morning in Obici Memorial hospital after a 
brief illness. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, he was a timekeeper for the Virginia State 
Highway Department for 10 years. 

  He was a son of Matthew William and Mrs. Mary Mumford [sic; Mountford*] 
Carr.  He was a member of Bethany Presbyterian church, Zuni. 

  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ada Lee Bailey Carr; three sons, T.M. Carr 
Jr., Fred G. Carr and Lawrence Bailey Carr; and six grandchildren, all of 
Zuni. 

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T. M. Carr, 70, Buried April 25 Near Windsor 

  Thomas Matthew Carr Sr., 70, of Zuni, died Monday morning, April 23, 1962, 
in a Suffolk hospital after a brief illness. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, he was a timekeeper for the Virginia 
Highway Department for 10 years. 

  He was a son of Matthew William and Mrs. Mary Munford [sic; Mountford*] 
Carr.  He was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church, Zuni. 

  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. T.M. Carr Jr., Fred G. Carr and Ada Lee Bailey 
Carr; three sons, Lawrence Bailey Carr; and six grandchildren, all of Zuni. 

  A funeral service was conducted Wednesday, April 25th at 2:30 P.M. in the 
Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. Gerald Voye of Bethany 
Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. J.W. Horne of Tucker Swamp Baptist Church. 

  Burial was in Antioch Christian Church cemetery near Windsor. 

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Thomas M. Carr Sr. 

  Thomas Matthew Carr, Sr., of Zuni, died in a Suffolk hospital on Monday 
after a short illness.  A native of Isle of Wight County, he was a son of 
Matthew William and Mary Mumford [sic; Mountford] Carr, a member of Bethany 
Presbyterian Church, and for the past 10 years was a timekeeper for the 
Virginia State Highway Department. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ada Bailey Carr; three sons, T.M. Carr, Jr., 
Fred C. Carr, Lawrence Bailey Carr and six grandchildren, all of Zuni. 

  Funeral services were held Wednesday, April 25, at 2:30 at the Purviance 
Funeral Chapel with Rev. Gerald Voye officiating.  Burial was in Antioch 
Church Cemetery at Windsor. 

  Pallbearers were H.C. Carr, Edgar Bryant, Charles Johnson, Charles Martin, 
Roland Lewis, N.F. Carr, Morrison Butler and Herman Bowden. 


Thomas Matthew CARR, Sr., of Zuni, State Highway Dept. timekeeper, 
   former general store salesclerk, 
b. 17 Mar 1872, Isle of Wight Co., d. 23 Apr 1962, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 25 Apr 1962, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Tues., Apr. 24, 1962, p. 16; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 40, No. 97, Tues., Apr. 24, 1962, p. 3; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 43, No. 17, Thurs., Apr. 26, 1962, p. 4; 
"Sussex-Surry Dispatch" (Waverly, VA), Vol. 85, No. 18, Thurs., May 3, 1962, 
   p. 9 

*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 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #92744321. 

D.Cert. 11651 (Chuckatuck #130) gives his mother's maiden name as MUMFORD. 
   The surname drifted in the 19th Century from MOUNTFORT/MOUNTFORTT to 
   MOUNTFORD, then to MUMFORD/MUNFORD. 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Feb. 16, 1966, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c600a8ob.txt 


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