Isle of Wight-Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harrison, Josie C. Carr, 1953 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOSIE CLAY HARRISON Mrs. Josie Clay Harrison, 59, of 860 W. 34th Street, Norfolk, died in a hospital in that city on Friday night, November 20, after a short illness. The widow of William Henry Harrison, she had resided in Norfolk since 1932. She was the daughter of the late Samuel Henry and Texanna Bradshaw Carr of Isle of Wight County. Surviving are four sons, J.C., William H. and Robert Edward Harrison, all of Norfolk, and Wallace Harrison of Holland; two daughters, Mrs. R.T. Kent of New York City and Mrs. W.N. Howell of Franklin; three sisters, Mrs. J.R. Boyette of Franklin, Mrs. Cora Lee Darden of Carrsville, and Mrs. L.M. Byrd of Portsmouth; and six grandchildren. Funeral services for Mrs. Harrison were held in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland & Sons on Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, with Revs. Edwin C. Thornton and L.L. McGee officiating. Interment was in Beaver Dam Cemetery. Pallbearers were John E. Beale, Jr., Charles E. Carr, Jr., Edward Duke, H.C. Duke, Jr., Norman Howell and Robert Morrisette. Josie Clay (CARR; Mrs. William H.) HARRISON, of Norfolk, Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 20 Nov 1953, Norfolk, age 59, interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, near Franklin, 22 Nov 1953, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 26, 1953 *Her parents are also buried there. Beaver Dam list (BC-39 & -19) - an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 25, 1947, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h625w4ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h625j2ob.txt