Isle of Wight-Nansemond County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jernigan, James, 1934 

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JAMES JERNIGAN 

  JERNIGAN, JAMES - Died, aged 72, at 1:30 p.m., March 19, at residence, 1041 
Twenty-fifth Street.  Surviving are: wife, Mrs. Docia May Jernigan; daughter, 
Miss Ethel L. Jernigan and son, George A. Jernigan, all of this city. 
Funeral March 21, at 1:45 p.m. from Peninsula Funeral Home.  Interment in 
Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, Isle of Wight County. 

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JAMES JERNIGAN 

JAMES JERNIGAN DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS, AGED 72 

  James Jernigan, 72, died yesterday at 1:30 p.m. at his home, 1041 Twenty-
fifth Street, after an illness of a year. 

  Mr. Jernigan had been a resident of this city for 44 years.  He retired as 
a timekeeper in the plant of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock 
Company after 32 years of service. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Docia May Jernigan, and a son, George A. 
Jernigan, all of this city. 

  Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:45 p.m., from the Peninsula 
Funeral Home, with the Rev. R. Lee House, pastor of the Congregational 
Christian Church, in charge.  The deceased was a deacon in the Congregational 
Church and had long been active in church work. 

  Burial will take place in Antioch Christian Church cemetery, Isle of Wight 
County. 

  Active pallbearers will be R.L. Stringfield, J.J. Baker, W.R. Cole, R.C. 
Jarrett, T.G. Hyatt, and R.L. Baker.  Honorary: R.A. Carter, S.S. Archibald, 
R.B. Moore, R.L. Henderson, J.C. Sterling, R.B. Anderton, W.W. Pugh, R.A. 
Brushwood, O.J.G. Folkman, William Metts, J.A. Richardson, J.T. Irby, A.M. 
Johnson, L.S. Stokes, J.W. Baker, Dr. R.B. Gary, N.C. Johnson, John Cox, W.C. 
Dunton, R.O. Huntley, W.E. Jones, H.S. East, N.J. Pepper, Arthur Langston, 
J.M. Bowden, M.L. Johnson, Frank Richardson, T.J. Wright and other friends 
of the family. 

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ISLE OF WIGHT 

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  The community was greatly shocked to hear of the death of Mr. Jernigan, of 
Newport News, Mrs. Jernigan having been a native of Isle of Wight county. 
Burial services were held at Antioch Christian church Wednesday afternoon. 


James JERNIGAN, retired shipyard timekeeper, 
b. 22 Jan 1862, Nansemond Co., d. 19 Mar 1934, Newport News, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 21 Mar 1934, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Tues., Mar. 20, 1934, p. 2; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 12, No. 3, Sat., Mar. 24, 1934, p. 7 

*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 

Photos of his gravestones - added by Ron Stewart - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #104878008. 

D.Cert. 5415 (N.News #140) gives parents unknown; 
   informant: [son] G[eorge] A[lvin] JERNIGAN (1892 - 1967) 

His parents were Henry & Nancy (HOLLAND) JERNIGAN.  His father was a 
   Confederate veteran, having served 2 years as a private in 13th VA Reg.
   [Inf?], Co. I. 

James & Docia Mae BRADSHAW, daughter of George Thomas & Mary Virginia 
   (BARRETT) BRADSHAW, m. 3 Feb 1891 in IoW.Co. 
   (IoW.Co. M.Reg. 1891 P. 182 #14) 

His in-laws are also buried at Antioch. 


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