Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Harrison D., 1933 

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HARRISON D. EDWARDS 

HARRISON EDWARDS BURIED WEDNESDAY 

  Funeral services for Harrison D. Edwards, aged 27, were held at the 
Smithfield Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock with Rev. 
J.C. Wicker, of Elizabeth City, N.C., and Rev. L.F. Paulette officiating.

  Floral offerings were numerous.  The active pallbearers were: Keith 
Saunders, Robert Seay, St. Clair Bailey, Lainer Ligget, George Brooks, 
H.T. Crawley, Charley Darden and George Rogers.

  Burial was in Ivy Hill cemetery.

DIES FROM WOUNDS 

  Harrison D. Edwards, who was in charge of substations of the Virginia 
Electric and Power Company in Northeastern North Carolina, died in the 
hospital at Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday night at 8:15 o'clock from a 
bullet wound in the abdomen, inflicted early last Wednesday by Alfred 
Hewitt, 21, of Elizabeth City.

  Edwards was shot when he and St. Clair Bailey, N.C. attorney, attempted 
to assist Hewitt to bed. The youth, apparently under the influence of 
liquor, broke away from the pair, left the room and returned with a 
pistol.  He fired one shot, wounding Edwards, and afterward fled from the 
house, but was arrested near the city.

  Edwards went to Elizabeth City from Suffolk about two years ago, having 
been employed by the power company there also.  He was a native of 
Smithfield, Va.  He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Lina Britt*, of 
Portsmouth, Va.; a daughter, Virginia, a year and a half old; his parents, 
Mr. and Mrs. L.B. Edwards, a sister, Lillian and one brother, Robert, all 
of whom live near Smithfield.

  Hewitt has been held in jail since shortly after the shooting, pending 
the outcome of Edwards' injuries.  Prosecuting Attorney W.W. Cahoon said 
he probably will be given a hearing in Recorder's Court immediately.


Harrison Deshazo EDWARDS, of Elizabeth City, NC, formerly of Suffolk, 
VEPCO substation head for N.E. NC, 
Smithfield native, shot 10 May 1933, Elizabeth City, NC, 
d. 15 May 1933, at Elizabeth City, NC, age 27, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 17 May 1933, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 13, No. 6, May 18, 1933 

*Additional information: 

His parents, Lenius B. & Annie Mae (STRINGFIELD) EDWARDS, 
   are also buried at Ivy Hill. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #48: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His marriage record [3 Aug 1929, Norfolk] gives his bride as 
   Lena Walton Brett, b. c1904, Lawrenceville, dt/o Charles Walter and 
   Alice Virginia Walton Brett.  (FamilySearch.org "Virginia Marriages") 


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