Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Crocker, Emma E. Bland, 1952 

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Zuni Woman, 67, Succumbs Here 

  Mrs. Emma Estelle Bland Crocker, 67, of Zuni, died this morning at 6 o’clock 
at the Louise Obici Memorial Hospital after a long illness. 

  She was the wife of Willie T. Crocker, of Zuni, and the daughter of the late 
Benjamin T. and Sarah Whitley Bland, of Isle of Wight County. 

  Besides her husband she is survived by two daughters, Mr. Blanche Crocker 
Hundley, of Zuni, and Mrs. Eula Crocker Garris, of Windsor; four sons. Russell 
T. Crocker, of Upsilanti, Michigan, Master Sergent Benjamin R. Crocker, 
U.S.A., stationed in Japan, Willie Harvey Crocker of Zuni and L. Sidney 
Crocker, of Windsor; five sisters, Mrs. Ocie Uzzell, Mrs. Annie O’Berry and 
Mrs. L.R. Atkins, all of Windsor, Mrs. Laura P. Stagg, of Brooklyn, N.Y. and 
Mrs. V.K. Uzzell, of Suffolk; 15 grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. 

  The body was taken to the I.O. Hill Funeral Home, where funeral arrangements 
are pending. 

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Rites Tomorrow For Mrs. Crocker 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Estelle Bland Crocker, a resident of Zuni 
who died Monday at the Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, will be held tomorrow 
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Central Hill Baptist Church, Isle of Wight 
County, with the Rev. Robert Wyatt, pastor, officiating.  Interment will 
follow in the church cemetery. 

  The body will remain at the I.O. Hill Funeral Home until tomorrow afternoon 
at 1:30 o’clock, at which time it will be taken to the church to lie in state 
one hour before the funeral services. 


Emma Estelle (BLAND; Mrs. "Willie" William Thomas) CROCKER, of Zuni, 
b. 13 Feb 1885*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 15 Sep 1952, Suffolk, 
interred in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery**, 18 Sep 1952, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 219, Sep. 15, 1952, p. 2, col. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 221, Sep. 17, 1952, p. 2, col. 5 

**Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #56: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

*Her gravestone shows b. 13 Feb 1885.  (Find a Grave Mem. #105699353) 

D.Cert. 21781 (Chuckatuck #301) gives b. 2 Feb 1885. 


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