Isle of Wight-Nansemond County-Suffolk-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Novella Marshall, 1945 

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EDWARDS RITES ARE HELD HERE 

Deceased Was Former Resident 

  SUFFOLK, Sept. 4 - Funeral services for Mrs. Novella Marshall Edwards, of 
Willoughby Beach and formerly of Suffolk, who died Saturday at the Norfolk 
General Hospital, were conducted at 3:30 yesterday afternoon at the Hill 
Funeral Home by Dr. John G. Truitt and Rev. T. Fred Wright. 

  A quartet composed of Mrs. John G. Truitt, Mrs. Ethel Saunders, Rev. Victor 
Murchison, and James P. Jernigan sang, "Lead Kindly Light."  They were 
accompanied by David Brown Harrell.  Rev. Murchison sang The Lord's Prayer. 

     Pall Of Easter Lilies 

  The pall was of Easter lilies and lavender asters and active pallbearers 
were W.B. Beaton, Judge N.T. Gray, M.F. Hall, Marshall Andrews, Thomas 
Marshall, Willard Andrews, Erskine Watkins and Malbon Joyner. 

  She was the widow of George R. Edwards, of Isle of Wight County, and the 
daughter of the late T.J. and Martha Eley Marshall, also of Isle of Wight. 
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mabel Twiford, and Miss Effie M. 
Edwards, of Willoughby Beach, and Mrs. Ralph C. Roberts, of Suffolk; two 
sons, Robert Edwards, of Windsor; Jeff Edwards, of Virginia Beach; seven 
grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. 

  She was a member of the Windsor Christian Church and was active in the 
church organisations until she moved to Willoughby Beach to make her home. 
She was a member of the Willoughby Garden Club and the Shore Circle of the 
King's Daughters. 

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Mrs. N. M. Edwards Of Windsor Was Buried Recently 

  Mrs. Novella Marshall Edwards, 74, widow of George R. Edwards of Windsor 
and daughter of the late Thomas J. and Martha Eley Marshall of Isle of Wight 
County, died at a Norfolk hospital September 1st at 1 PM. 

  She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mabel Twiford and Miss Effie M. 
Edwards, of Willoughby Beach, and Mrs. Ralph C. Roberts of Suffolk; two sons, 
Robert Edwards of Windsor, and Jeff Edwards of Virginia Beach. 


Novella (MARSHALL; Mrs. George Robert) EDWARDS, of Willoughby Beach, 
   formerly of Suffolk, 
b. 7 Mar 1871, Isle of Wight Co., d. 1 Sep 1945, Norfolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 3 Sep 1945, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 349, Tues., Sep. 4, 1945, p. 12; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Volume 28, Number 24, Wed., Sep. 12, 1945, 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 #104686997. 

Her parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 18629 (Norfolk #1608) 

Her father, Thomas Jefferson MARSHALL, was a Confederate veteran, having 
   served as a private in Co. D, 16th VA Infantry.  Captured at Burgess' 
   Mill, Dinwiddie Co., 27 Oct 1864, he was exchanged 10 Feb 1865 and 
   paroled at Appomattox C.H. 


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