Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Mattie Marshall, 1943 

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Edwards Funeral Rites Are Today 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Marshall Edwards are being conducted this 
afternoon by Dr. John G. Truitt, pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church, of 
which she was a member.  The rites are at the R.E. Baker and Company Funeral 
Home.  Mrs. Edwards' death occurred at 5:07 a.m., yesterday at the home of 
her daughter, Mrs. A. Garland Dunn, 126 Military Road, Suffolk. 

  She was the daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Martha Eley Marshall, 
of Isle of Wight County.  She was 78 years of age and had resided in Suffolk 
17 years.  Previous to her coming here she had been a member of the Antioch 
Christian Church. 

  She was twice married, first to Marion F. Hall, Sr., and sometime following 
his death to Clarence Edwards.  Surviving her first marriage are one son, 
Marion F. Hall, of Suffolk, and his son, Marion F. Hall, III. 

  Surviving her second marriage are one daughter, Mrs. A. Garland Dunn, and a 
granddaughter, Miss Anna Garland Dunn, of Suffolk.

  Two sisters, Mrs. W.H. Andrews, of Suffolk, and Mrs. Novella Marshall 
Edwards, of Willoughby Beach, Norfolk, also survive. 

  Interment will be in Antioch Chrtstian Church Cemetery. 

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Edwards Funeral Held Yesterday 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Marshall Edwards were conducted yesterday 
afternoon at 2:30 by the Rev. John G. Truitt, D.D., and the Rev. Dr. I.W. 
Johnson, D.D., at the R.W. Baker and Company Funeral Home. 

  Mrs. Vernon Holland, accompanied by Mrs. Helen Whitley, sang a solo, 
"Sunrise Tomorrow."  Mrs. Holland and Miss Ruthanna Foard sang "Lead Kindly 
Light." 

  The pall consisted of red roses and white carnations. 

  Pallbearers were Judge N.T. Gray, W.B. Batten, Marshall Andrews, Willard 
Andrews, Robert Edwards, Jeff Edwards, Ralph Roberts, Spratley Rawlings, W. 
Jasper Oliver and Floyd Benton.  Honorary pallbearers were friends of the 
family. 

  Interment was in Antioch Christian Church in Isle of Wight County. 

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Mrs. M. Edwards Buried Tuesday In I. of W. County 

  Mrs. Mattie Marshall Edwards, 78, member of the prominent Suffolk and Isle 
of Wight family, and daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Martha Eley 
Marshall, of Isle of Wight, died Monday morning at 5:07 o'clock at the home 
of her daughter, Mrs. A. Garland Dunn, 120 Military Road, in Suffolk, after 
an illness of several weeks. 

  Mrs. Edwards had been twice married, her first husband having been Marion 
F. Hall, Sr.  Of this marriage there survives a son, Marion F. Hall, Jr., of 
Suffolk.  Her second husband was Clarence Edwards.  Of this marriage there 
survives a daughter, Mrs. A. Garland Dunn, of Suffolk. 

  She is also survived by a grandson, Marion F. Hall, 3d, and a granddaughter, 
Anne Garland Dunn, of Suffolk; two sisters, Mrs. W.H. Andrews, of Suffolk, 
and Mrs. Novella Marshall Edwards, of Windsor, and a number of nieces and 
nephews. 

  She had lived in Isle of Wight until seven years ago, when she went to 
Suffolk to make her home.  She was a member for many years of Antioch 
Christian Church, and later of the Suffolk Christian Church and its 
organizations. 

  The body was taken to the Funeral Home of R.W. Baker & Co., where funeral 
services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Dr. John G. 
Truitt.  Burial was in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, in Isle of Wight 
County. 


Mattie (MARSHALL HALL; Mrs. Clarence) EDWARDS, 
b. 10 Apr 1865, Isle of Wight Co., d. 11 Jan 1943, at daughter's home, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 12 Jan 1943, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 20, No. 250, Tues., Jan. 12, 1943, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 20, No. 251, Wed., Jan. 13, 1943, p. 8; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 25, No. 42, Thurs., Jan. 14, 1943, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

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: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104686864. 
   It is wrongly linked to Clarence W. EDWARDS (d. 1962), Memorial #107429660. 
   Colored, he is buried in Ebenezer Cemetery, on Bob White Rd. 
   {IWCHS GSSTF report #5} 

Her parents & first husband are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 971 (Suffolk #14) 

Her second husband's D.Cert. gives d. 19 Aug 1930, Williamsburg; 
   body removed to Suffolk, where he resided.  He is buried in Central Hill 
   Baptist Church Cemetery, apparently unmarked - not on IWCHS GSSTF report 
   #56; no Find a Grave Memorial.  His obit ("Smithfield Times," Aug. 21, 
   1930, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/e363c11o.txt 


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