Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Loomer, Elvin, 1960 

************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm
************************************************

Elvin Loomer, 70, Buried Nov. 18 At Battery Park 

  Elvin Loomer, 70, Masonic leader and retired rural mail carrier, died early 
Wednesday, November 16, 1960, in the Veterans Administration Hospital at 
Kecoughtan after a long illness. 

  He was a native of Delta, Ohio, and had lived in Smithfield for the last 38 
years.  He was a member of Trinity Methodist Church and of its Wesley Bible 
Class.  He was a veteran of World War I and attended Michigan State College. 

  He was past master of Smithfield Union Lodge AF&AM, past deputy grandmaster, 
Grand Lodge of the Masons; past noble grand, Smithfield Lodge 269, I.O.O.F.; 
past chief patriarch, Damascus Encampment 1; past district deputy grand 
master, District No. 3, I.O.O.F.; past commander, George F. Dashiell Post 49, 
American Legion; past commander, Second District, American Legion. 

  He was also a member of Smithfield Rebekah Lodge 61, Newport News 
Consistory, Scottish Rite; Smithfield Royal Arch Chapter 67, Khedive Temple 
of the Shrine of of Norfolk; Pagan River Barracks, Veterans of World War I, 
and was past patron of Smithfield Chapter, Order of Eastern Star. 

  He was a son of Daniel O. and Mrs. Victoria Wilson Loomer. 

  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ruth Jones Loomer of Smithfield; one son, 
Elvin Cofer Loomer of Richmond; one sister, Mrs. Marvin Colvin of Canton, 
Ohio, and a brother, Glenn Loomer of Kingsly, Michigan. 

  A funeral service was conducted at the Bullock Funeral Home Friday, November 
18th, by the Rev. Clarence England, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, and 
the Rev. Warren F. Taylor of Smithfield Baptist Church.  Masonic rites were 
conducted at the grave in Battery Park Cemetery. 

  Pallbearers were Granville A. Starke, Robert W. Stallings Jr., Cecil W. 
Gwaltney, Looky Wilson, Joseph E. Bell, James A. Everett, Jr., J.B. Whitmore, 
and A.T. Hill.  Honorary pallbearers were members of the Wesley Bible Class 
of the Trinity Methodist Church and the Smithfield Lodge 269, I.O.O.F. 

[uncaptioned photo included] 


Elvin LOOMER, of Smithfield, retired rural mail carrier, Navy veteran of WW-I, 
b. 27 Oct 1890, Delta, OH, d. 16 Nov 1960, Hampton, 
interred in Battery Park Cemetery*, 18 Nov 1960, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 41, No. 48, Thurs., Nov. 24, 1960, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #46: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photos of his grave marker - added by Carrie Bland - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #118084922. 

D.Cert. 27957 (Kecoughtan #462) 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/l560e1ob.txt