Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Laine, Edward L. Sr., 1941 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ EDWARD LITTLETON LAINE Edward Littleton Laine, Sr., 62, died Monday morning at his home on North Main street, Suffolk, after a long illness. Mr. Laine was a native of Isle of Wight County and had been a resident of Suffolk for the past 18 years. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Lucy Cobb Laine, and three children, Miss Katherine Laine, Edward Littleton Laine, Jr. and Cobb Laine, and the following nieces and nephews, E. Russell Laine, of Windsor; Mrs. Harry Downing, of Washington, D.C.; William Laine, of Isle of Wight, Mrs. A.C. Hingerty, Jr. of Suffolk and Mrs. George Yeoman, of Smithfield. Mr. Laine was a member of Main Street Methodist Church of Suffolk. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 11 a. m. at the funeral home of I.O. Hill and Co. with Dr. A.L. Franklin and Dr. H.J. Goodwin officiating, and burial was in Woodland Church Cemetery in Isle of Wight County. Active pallbearers were L.L. Hoggard, W.L. Beaton, J. Brooke and P.D. Pruden, R.L. Griffin, William Laine, M. Anderson Maxey and Robert Holliday, Jr. Edward Littleton LAINE, Sr., insurance agent, Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 17 Feb 1941, at home, Suffolk, age 62, interred in Woodland Methodist Church Cemetery*, 18 Feb 1941, "The Smithfield (VA) Times," Feb. 20, 1941, p. 1, col. 3 *His parents, Edward Wiley & Evelina O. (GRAY) LAINE, both his wives, his brother Wm. Elliott LAINE, & Elliott's son Wm. Edward "Ed" LAINE, Sr., are also buried there. Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #24: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html His mother's (donated, 1930) obit is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/l500e1ob.txt Elliott & sons Russell & Ed were all Isle of Wight Co. officials. (Helen Haverty King, et al. "Historical Notes on Isle of Wight County, Virginia." Isle of Wight: Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors, 1993. pp. 503, 506-07) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/l500e2ob.txt