Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harrell, W. Clem, 1956 

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Rites Tomorrow For W. C. Harrell 

  Funeral services for Walter Clem Harrell, 71, a prominent farmer of the 
Box Elder community, Nansemond County, who died at his home uenxpectedly 
yesterday, will be conducted Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the I.O. Hill Funeral 
Home by Rev. James A. Coney, pastor of Box Elder Friends Church, Rev. R.T. 
Grissom, pastor of the Holy Neck Christian Church, and Charles Hutchinson, 
supply pastor of Antioch Christian Church.  Burial will be in the Antioch 
Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor. 

  He was the son of the late Walter Scott Harrell and Mrs. Victoria Hayes 
Harrell, of Gates County.  He was a member of the Gatesville Methodist 
Church. 

  Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Eva Carr Harrell; three daughters, Mrs. 
W.F. Wright, of Holland, Mrs. W.D. Crocker, of Suffolk, and Mrs. DeBordenave 
Blythe, of Franklin; seven sons, Walter C. Harrell and C. Staley Harrell, 
both of Portsmouth, Emmett G. Harrell and Clinton Harrell, both of Holland, 
Sidney F. Harrell and M. Hayes Harrell, and Earl H. Harrell, all of Suffolk; 
a sister, Mrs. Eva Felton, of Gates County; two brothers, Elijah Harrell, of 
Gates County, and P.B. Harrell, of Suffolk; 28 grandchildren and four great-
grandchildren. 

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Harrell Rites Held Saturday 

  Funeral services for Walter Clem Harrell were conducted Saturday at 2:30 
p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. James A. Coney, pastor of Somerton 
Friends Meeting; the Rev. Charles Hutchinson, supply pastor of Antioch 
Christian Church, and the Rev. R.T. Grissom, pastor of Holy Neck Christian 
Church. 

  The hymns, "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and "Beyond the Sunset," were sang 
by Mrs. Delmar Felton and Mrs. Samuel Felton, accompanied by Mrs. Webb Pinner. 

  The pall was of pink roses, white carnations and white snap dragons. 

  Active pallbearers were Shirley T. Holland, Lewis Duke, Hurley Holland, Sr., 
W.J. Wright, Thurman Copeland, Joe Henry Gardner, James Rawls and P.R. 
Rountree. 

  Burial was in Antioch Church Cemetery near Windsor. 

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Times Past 
Feb. 24, 1956 

The top stories in the Suffolk News-Herald on this date 48 years ago... 

Harrell's funeral services are Saturday 

  Funeral services for Walter Clem Harrell, a prominent farmer of the Box 
Elder community of Nansemond County, who died unexpectedly yesterday at his 
home, will be conducted Saturday at the I.O. Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. 
James Coney, pastor of the Box Elder Friends Church, and Charles Hutchinson, 
supply pastor of Antioch Christian Church.  Burial will be in the Antioch 
Christian Church, near Windsor.  Harrell was a member of the Gatesville 
Methodist Church. 


Walter Clement "Clem" HARRELL, farmer, 
b. 3 Nov 1884, Gates Co., NC, d. 23 Feb 1956, at home, Box Elder, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 25 Feb 1956, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 34, No. 47, Fri., Feb. 24, 1956, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 34, No. 48, Sun., Feb. 26, 1956, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 75, No. 47, Tues., Feb. 24, 2004, p. 2 

*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 

Two photos of Clem and one of his gravestone are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #104761311. 

D.Cert. 4697 (Holy Neck #2) 

His wife's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," June 29 & July 1, 1975) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h640e5ob.txt 

His parents are buried in the Elijah HARRELL family cemetery 
   in Gates Co., NC. 


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