Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dunston, T. Julius, 1930 

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THOMAS JULIUS DUNSTON 

T. J. DUNSTON IS DEAD AT WINDSOR 

Prominent Citizen and Farmer Dies In Isle of Wight County Last Night 
  After Short Illness of Pneumonia 

   T.J. Dunston, 68, prominent citizen and farmer residing near Windsor, Va., 
died last night at his home at 8:15 o'clock of pneumonia.  Mr. Dunston had 
been ill for something over three weeks. 

   Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Jasper Oliver of 
Suffolk, and Mrs. James H. [sic; A.] Johnson of Carrsville, and two grandsons, 
Jasper Oliver, Jr., of Suffolk, and A. Dunston Johnson, who is a junior at 
William and Mary College, 

   Funeral services will be held at Western Branch Baptist Church of which he 
was a deacon, on Saturday afternoon at three o'clock, conducted by the Rev. 
J. Sidney Cobb. 

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   Suffolk, April 10 - T.J. Dunston, 69, prominent farmer of Isle of Wight 
County, residing near Windsor, died at his home tonight at 8:15 o'clock.  He 
was a deacon in Western Branch Baptist Church. 

   Besides his wife, Mr. Dunston is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Jasper 
Oliver, of Suffolk, and Mrs. James A. Johnson, of Carrsville, and two 
grandsons, A. Dunston Johnson, of William and Mary College, and Jasper Oliver, 
Jr., of Suffolk.

   Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at 
Western Branch Baptist Church, was a deacon in Western Branch Baptist Church.
with the Rev. J.S. Cobb officiating.  Burial 
will be in the church cemetery.

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   Suffolk, April 14 - Funeral services for T.J. Dunston, who died at his home 
near Windsor Thursday night, were held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at 
Western Branch Baptist Church by the Rev. J. Sidney Cobb, assisted by a former 
pastor, the Rev. C.P. Rymand, of Washington, and Dr. H.J. Goodwin, of Suffolk. 
A large gathering of friends were present and there were many floral 
offerings.  Burial was in the church cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were A.C. Johnson, P.C. Bradshaw, of Crewe; A.S. Johnson 
of Smithfield; Sherman Roberts, Shady Roberts, Milton Johnson, J.T. Bradshaw 
and John L. Johnson.  Deacons of Western Branch Church and friends of the 
family were honorary pallbearers.


Thomas Julius DUNSTON, farmer, 
b. 29 Apr 1861, Isle of Wight Co., d. 10 Apr 1930, near Windsor, 
interred in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery*, Nansemond Co., 
   12 Apr 1930, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 8, No. 18, Apr. 11, 1930, p. 1; 
donated obit, newspaper unknown; 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

*Additional information: 

Western Branch list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #171122395. 

His widow's (donated, 1931) obits are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d523e1ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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