Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Luter, Josephine Munford, 1951 

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Virginia Deaths 

Mrs. Josephine Mumford [sic; Munford] Luter 

  Suffolk, Jan. 28 - Mrs. Josephine Mumford Luter, 55, died today at 7:15 a.m. 
at a Suffolk hospital after a short illness. 

  She is survived by her husband, Bennett L. Luter; three sons, J. Ralph 
Johnson of Portsmouth, and Edward E. and Grover Lee Johnson of Suffolk; a 
daughter, Mrs. Ernnie N. Burkett, of Portsmouth; three brothers R.L. Mumford 
of Newport News, Matt Mumford of Petersburg, and Whit Mumford, of Suffolk; 
three sisters, Mrs. Lulla E. Uzzell of Windsor, Mrs Mary Chapman, of Hopewell, 
and Mrs. Lillian Meade of Miami, and six grandchildren. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Baker Funeral 
Home by the Rev. Duane N. Form [sic; Vore] and the Rev. Julian S. Hopkins. 
Burial will follow in Antioch Church Cemetery. 

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Funeral Tuesday For Mrs. Luter 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Mumford [sic; Munford] Luter, 55, who 
died yesterday morning at a local hospital after a short illness, will be 
conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the R.W. Baker Funeral Home 
by the Rev. Duane N. Vore and the Rev. Julian S. Hopkins. 

  She is survived by her husband, Bennett L. Luter, three sons, J. Ralph 
Johnson, of Portsmouth, and Edward E. and Grover Lee Johnson, of Suffolk; a 
daughter, Mrs. Ernie M. Burkett, of Portsmouth; three brothers, R.L. Mumford, 
of Newport News; Matt Mumford, of Petersburg, and Whit Mumford, of Suffolk; 
three sisters, Mrs. Lula E. Uzzell, of Windsor, Mrs. Mary Chapman, of 
Hopewell, and Mrs. Lillian Meade, of Miami, and six grandchildren. 

  Burial will be in Antioch Church cemetery. 

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Rites Held For Mrs. Luter 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Mumford [sic; Munford] Luter, who died 
Sunday morning at a local hospital, were conducted yesterday afternoon at the 
Baker Funeral Home by the Rev. Duane N. Vore and the Rev. Julian S. Hopkins. 
Burial was in Antioch Christian Church cemetery. 

  Pallbearers were Francis Willis, G.T. Harrison, Robert C. Luter, Clyde W. 
Uzzell, G. Leland Mumford, W B. Spain, C. Harry Jones, D.A. Gwaltney and R.P. 
Spence. 


Josephine (MUNFORD JOHNSON; Mrs. Bennett Littleton) LUTER, 
b. 2 Apr 1895, Isle of Wight Co., d. 28 Jan 1951, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 29 Jan 1951, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Mon., Jan. 29, 1951, p. 16, col. 4; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 29, No. 24, Mon., Jan. 29, 1951, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 29, No. 26, Wed., Jan. 31, 1951, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

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 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Mem. #104784031. 

Her first husband, Jas. Richard JOHNSON (1885 - 1929), is also buried there. 
   His obit ("Smithfield Times," Mar. 28, 1929, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j525r9ob.txt 

Her mother, "Sallie" Sarah Elizabeth (BRITT) MUNFORD (1855 - 1930), 
   is also buried there. 

D.Cert. 1023 (Suffolk #31) 

Her widower's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," June 13 & 15, 1962) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/l360b1ob.txt 

Her father , Wells E. MUNFORD (1855 - 1907), was buried on the farm of 
   his brother Matthew. 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 
Additional information from Ann Marie Piland. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/l360j5ob.txt