Isle of Wight County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Livesay, L. Katherine Ashby, 1947 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Mrs. L.K. Livesay, Of Newport News Buried Tuesday Newport News - Mrs. Laura Katherine Livesay, 36, of Newport News, died at noon, October 5th, at her home after a long illness. A native of Carrollton, Mrs. Livesay had lived in Newport News 14 years. She is survived by her husband, Randolph Lee Livesay; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Ashby, of Carrollton; three brothers, W.M., George C. and R.W. Ashby, of Carrollton; and three sisters, Mrs. W.A. Stevens, of Portsmouth, Mrs. F.P. Norsworthy of Carrollton, and Mrs Margaret Allen, of Norfolk. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Peninsula Funeral Home, Newport News, with the Rev. John Newman officiating, assisted by the Rev. Herman T. Stevens. Burial followed in St. Luke's Cemetery, Benns Church, Isle of Wight. Laura Katherine (ASHBY; Mrs. Randolph L.) LIVESAY, b. 10 Feb 1911, Carrollton, d. 5 Oct 1947, at home, Newport News, interred in St. Luke's Memorial Park*, Benns Church, 7 Oct 1943, "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 30, No. 18, Wed., Oct. 8, 1947, p. 2 *Additional information: Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #18: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html A photo of her gravestone - added by Jeff Elmore - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #78701500. Her parents, James Corran & Mary (PURDIE) ASHBY, are also buried there. D.Cert. 21418 (Newport News #500) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/l120k1ob.txt