Isle of Wight County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Samuel H., 1938 

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SAMUEL H. EDWARDS 

S.H. EDWARDS DIES AT NEWPORT NEWS 

   Samuel H. Edwards, 67, well-known citizen of Newport News, Va., died early 
Thursday morning of pneumonia after being in failing health for some time. 
Mr. Edwards is survived by his widow Mrs. Hope Hall Edwards two sons, Robert 
W. Edwards of Danville, Va., and Horace H. Edwards, of Richmond, Va., three 
sisters, Mrs. C.C. Crumpler and Mrs. Taylor Robins of Newport News and Mrs. 
J.L. Warner of Smithfield.

   Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Central Hill 
Baptist Church at Isle of Wight, Va.


Samuel H.* EDWARDS, of Newport News, lawyer, 
b. 20 Feb 1871, Isle of Wight Co., d. 8 Dec 1938, Newport News, 
interred in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery*, 9 Dec 1938, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Thurs., Dec. 15, 1938, p. 1, col. 4 

*Additional information: 

An obit also appeared in "The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," 
   Fri., Dec. 9, 1938. 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #56: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

D.Cert. 26786 (N.News #496) gives Samuel Hennon Edwards. 

The 1942 Delayed B.Cert. of son Robert Willis gives Samuel Hinton Edwards. 

His marker shows SAMUEL H. EDWARDS.  It is pictured with Find a Grave Mem. 
   #105805025, which gives Samuel Hennon Millner Edwards.  So do many 
   Ancestry.com family trees. 

His parents, Eugene Edgar Sr. & Nancy Louisa (ELEY) EDWARDS, are buried in 
   an EDWARDS family cemetery, Central Hill. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #20048625 & #20476304) 
   There is no IWCHS GSSTF report; #139 is just off Hwy 258, about halfway 
   between the Isle of Wight & Smithfield, and had no visible markers. 

His step-mother, Lizzie (HALL WHITE) EDWARDS, is buried with her first 
   husband, Horace Hamlin WHITE, in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. 


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