Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Minga, Mettie F. Spady, 1939 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ METTIE FRANCES SPADY MINGA MRS. METTIE F. MINGA Mrs. Mettie Frances Minga, 64*, died February 21, at her residence in Rescue after a short illness. She was the wife of E.C. Minga and the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Feddy*. Besides her husband she is survived by five daughters: Mrs. Marian Wyatt, of Phoebus; Mrs. Helen Hall of Isle of Wight Courthouse; Mrs. Zelma Watkins and Mrs. Nellie Mae Marshall of Rescue and Mrs. Margaret Joyner, of Zuni; three sons: W.I. Minga of Salem; Charlie Ray Minga of Isle of Wight Courthouse, and Herman Minga of Phoebus; one sister, Mrs. Simmie Ward of Mathews County, and several grandchildren. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the residence. Burial was in Old Saint Luke's Cemetery. Mettie Frances (SPADY; Mrs. "Eddie" Edward C.) MINGA, b. 18 Sep 1876, Rescue, d. 21 Feb 1939, at home, Rescue, interred in Saint Luke's Memorial Park*, Benn's Church, 23 Feb 1939, "The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 19, No. 48, Mar. 2, 1939, p. 1, col. 5 *Additional information: Mettie & Eddie are buried in the modern addition adjacent to Old Saint Luke's. Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #18: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html They m. 25 Dec 1890, in Isle of Wight Co. (M.Reg. {BVS copy} p. 194 #9) FamilySearch.org gives the year wrong (1889). Birthdate & place from D.Cert. #25957 {Holy Neck #292}, which gives Mittie, age 63y,8m,5d, dt/o William & Mary Jane (BODNER) SPADY [read Spody]. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/m520m1ob.txt