Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Clarence, 1930 

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Mr. C. Edwards of Suffolk Dies From Razor Cut 

END COMES SUDDENLY TUESDAY NIGHT TO PROMINENT CITIZEN OF SUFFOLK 
  WHO RECENTLY SUFFERED A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. 

  Clarence Edwards, 68, prominent resident of Suffolk, died on Tuesday night 
at 9 o'clock at the Eastern State Hospital, Williamsburg, where he was being 
treated for a nervous disorder. 

  According to Dr. Mitchell, a member of the medical staff of the hospital, 
Mr. Edwards was found in his room by an attendant in a dying condition.  His 
labored breathing attracted the attention of nurses who investigated and found 
he had inflicted a bad wound in his throat with a cast off razor blade.  Dr. 
Mitchell announced that Mr. Edwards had shown no suicidal mania and was 
apparently well on the way to recovery. 

  Mr. Edwards is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mattie Edwards; one daughter, 
Miss Cleo Edwards of Suffolk, and one step-son, M.F. Hall, of Suffolk. 

  Mr. Edwards was prominently connected in Suffolk and Isle of Wight county. 
He had made his home in Suffolk for several years and was employed by the 
Planters Nut and Chocolate Company. 

  Funeral services will be held at the grave in the family cemetery at Central 
Hill Baptist Church, in this county, Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and will 
be conducted by Dr. W.W. Staley and the Rev. E.B. White. 


Clarence EDWARDS, of Suffolk, Planters employee, 
b. 10 Jan 1872, Isle of Wight Co., suicide 19 Aug 1930, Williamsburg, 
interred in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery*, 21 Aug 1930, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 11, No. 20, Aug. 21, 1930, p. 1, col. 3 

*Unmarked?  Not on: 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #56: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

No Find a Grave Memorial. 

D.Cert. 19304 (Williamsburg #108) gives body removed to Suffolk. 

His widow is buried in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor. 
   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. 

Her obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," Jan. 1943) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/e363m12o.txt 


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