Isle of Wight County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Delk, James P., 1934 

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JAMES PUTNAM DELK 

  Funeral cortege of James P. Delk, 70*, formerly of Rushmere, Isle of Wight 
County, who died Wednesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R.C. 
Dunkum, 1216 Twenty-first Street, Newport News left the Peninsula Funeral Home 
Thursday at 1 p.m.  Services were held in the Rushmere Bay View Methodist 
Church at 2 p.m.  He had been in declining health for the past six years, 
during which time he had made his home with his daughter in Newport News.

  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Dunkum and Mrs. C.E. Lewis of Newport 
News, one son, John W. Delk, Baltimore, and a sister, Mrs. Frazer, Rushmere.

  The following nephews served as active pallbearers: L.T. Frazer, D.W. Ellis, 
C.R. Delk, S.B. Delk, R.B. Ellis and H.S. Delk.


James Putnam DELK, formerly of Rushmere, 
b. 15 Jun 1859, d. 26 Dec 1934, at daughter's home, Newport News, 
interred in the DELK family cemetery*, Track Ln., 27 Dec 1934, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 14, No. 38, Jan. 3, 1935, p. 2, col. 2 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #201: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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