Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Delk, Emma V. Presson, 1951 

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EMMA PRESSON LITTLE DELK 

WORRY OVER SON’S DRAFT MAY HAVE HASTENED DEATH 

  Smithfield, Jan. 26 - A mother’s worry over her son’s draft call is believed 
by her friends to have aggravated the cause of her death today.

  Mrs. Emma Presson Delk, 55, died today at her home in Isle of Wight County 
after a heart attack and her friends said they believed her condition was 
worsened by the fact her son, 19, had been notified to appear for a draft 
physical examination.

  The examination call to James Allen Delk, 19, was deferred by Selective 
Service authorities as a result of his mother’s death.  He was due to report 
in Richmond today.

  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. T.P. Batten, Jr., of Smithfield; four 
sons, Louis P. and James Allen Delk, both of near Smithfield, sons of her 
second husband, the late William M. Delk and W.B. Little of ['Ivor, and H.F. 
Little of' omitted*] Amonata, sons by her former marriage with the William D. 
Little; two stepsons, C.S. Delk, of Ivor, and M.A. Delk, of Smithfield, and 
two step-daughters, Mrs. R.J. Little, Sr., of Smithfield, and Mrs. W.B. Moody, 
of Ivor; four sisters, Mrs. J.F. [sic; J.S.*] Jones, of Norfolk; Mrs. Samuel 
L. Jones, of Sedley; Mrs. L.R. Presson, of Hopewell, and Mrs. L.E. Gwaltney, 
of Newport News, and two brothers, B.C. and E.T. Presson, both of Windsor.

  Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon in Bullock Funeral 
Home Chapel with the Rev. L.E. Holzback [sic; Holzbach], pastor of the Mill 
Swamp Baptist Church, officiating.

  Burial will be in Mill Swamp Church Cemetery.

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Mrs. Emma P. Delk Buried Sunday At Mill Swamp Church 

  Mrs. Emma Presson Delk, 55, died at her home near Smithfield early Friday 
morning after a short illness.  She was a lifelong resident of Isle of Wight 
County, a member of Mill Swamp Baptist Church and the Ladies Bible Class of 
that Church.  She was the wife of the late William M. Delk. 

  She is survived by one daughter Mrs. T.P. Batten Jr., of Smithfield; four 
sons, W.B. Little. Louis P. Delk and James Allen Delk, all of Ivor; H.F. 
Little of Amonata; two step-daughters, Mrs. R.J. Little Sr. of Smithfield; 
Mrs. W.B. Moody of Ivor; two stepsons, C.S. Delk of Ivor, and M.A. Delk of 
Smithfield; four sisters, Mrs. J.S. Jones of Norfolk; Mrs. Samuel L. Jones of 
Sedley; Mrs. L.R. Presson of Hopewell, and Mrs. L.E. Gwaltney of Newport News; 
two brothers, B.C. and E.T. Presson, both of Windsor; and three grandsons. 

  Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:30 P.M. in the chapel of the Bullock 
Funeral Home by the Rev. L.E. Holzbach, pastor of Mill Swamp Church. Burial 
was in Mill Swamp Cemetery. 

  Pallbearers were Marion Jones, Howard Jones, James Presson, Thomas Little, 
Robert Little and Jack Moody. 


Emma Virginia (PRESSON LITTLE; Mrs. William M.) DELK, 
b. 11 Feb 1895, Isle of Wight Co., d. 26 Jan 1951, at home, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery**, 28 Jan 1951, 
donated obit, publication unknown 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #87219353, by Fabian Doles; 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Wed., Jan. 31, 1951, p. 1, col. 5 

**Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #55: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

*Additional information: 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 1725 (Ivor R.F.D. RT. #2: [Hardy] Dist. 460B #1). 

Her son Herbert Floyd LITTLE omitted from donated obit.  He, brother Willie 
   Bennett, & their father "Willie" William E. LITTLE are also buried at 
   Mill Swamp. 

Her second husband's obit ("Smithfield Times," June 30, 1938) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/d420w1ob.txt 

Her sis Daisie Wilson PRESSON m. James Sidney JONES, 14 Sep 1920, in Windsor. 
   They are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Norfolk - Cedar Grove Sect, Lot 547. 
   Norfolk City USGenWeb Archives, Riverside list: 
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/cemeteries/riverside/rc09-how-king.html 

Their parents, Benjamin Franklin & "Bettie" Elizabeth Wertley Wilson (BAKER) 
   PRESSON, are buried in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   IWCHS GSSTF report #56 


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