Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Latimer, Linwood M., 1954 

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LINWOOD MAJOR LATIMER 

L.M. LATIMER, 69, BURIED SEPT. 7TH AT BENNS CHURCH, VA. 

  Linwood Major Latimer, 69, postmaster and prominent merchant of Carrollton, 
died September 5, 1954 at the Riverside Hospital in Newport News after a short 
illness.

  A native of Nansemond County, he had lived in Isle of Wight County most of 
his life.  He was appointed postmaster of Carrollton in 1935, and also had 
operated a grocery and general store there for 25 years.

  Mr. Latimer was a member of the Benns Methodist Church, the Carrollton 
Ruritan Club, the Order of Red Men and Smithfield Lodge No. 18 A.F.&A.M.

  He was the son of the late William R. and Catherine Bloxom Latimer.

  Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Vivian Hurst Latimer; three daughters, Miss 
Frances E. Latimer and Mrs. Anna B. Bailey, of Carrollton, and Mrs. Bruce 
Porterfield of Goldsboro, N.C.; three sons, Edward H. Latimer of Carrollton; 
Linwood M. Latimer of Rescue, and R. Russell Latimer of Newport new; a sister, 
Mrs. Mary L. Pruden of Magnolia, and two brothers, Frank M. Latimer of 
Smithfield and W. Richard Latimer of Carrollton, and five grandchildren.

  Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, September 7 at 4 p.m. at Benns 
Methodist Church, by the Rev. Raymond Carson, pastor, with burial in St. 
Luke's Memorial Cemetery.

  The body was taken from the Bullock Funeral Home to the church one hour 
before services.


Linwood Major LATIMER, merchant & Postmaster of Carrollton, 
b. 15 Jul 1885, Nansemond Co., d. 5 Sep 1954, Newport News, 
interred in St. Luke's Memorial Park*, Benns Church, 7 Sep 1954, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 38, No. 13, Sep. 9, 1954 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #18: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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