Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Mountjoy, Ashton L., 1943 

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ASHTON L. MOUNTJOY 

FUNERAL HELD FOR BOY OF 12 DROWNED WHILE SWIMMING 

  Funeral services for Ashton L. Mountjoy, 12, of Battery Park, who was 
drowned Tuesday night, June 14th at 8:00 o'clock while swimming with a 
group of boys in Jones Creek at Rescue, were held Thursday afternoon, 
June 17, at 5:30 p.m. in the Battery Park Baptist Church with the Rev. 
O.J. Hodges, pastor, officiating.  Burial was in St. Luke's Memorial 
Cemetery at Benns Church, Va.

  The funeral was largely attended and there were over 150 beautiful 
floral offerings.

  Active pallbearers were: W.P Minga, C.R. Watkins, O.S. King, Jr., Elmo 
Bloxom, Ernest Hines and L.H. Spady.

  The youth, known to his many friends as "Buck" was diving from an oyster 
boat.  After swimming about in the water "Buck" came back to the boat and 
as he reached up toward the deck the tide sucked him under.  His father 
and others who were watching from the dock were helpless.  Efforts of his 
companions were futile.  The body was recovered an hour and a half after 
the drowning with the use of poles.

  "Buck" was a student last year of the Smithfield school in the sixth 
grade.  He was promoted and would have returned this fall to the seventh. 
His teacher was Mrs. Walter Sherin.

  He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ashton D. Mountjoy and one 
sister, Jane, of Battery Park, and the following grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. 
D.L. Mountjoy, Carrollton; T.L. Clarke and Mrs. Ruth Bloxom Clarke.


Ashton L. "Buck" MOUNTJOY, 
son of Ashton D. & Edna (CLARK) MOUNTJOY, of Battery Park, 
drowned 14 Jun 1943, Jones Creek, Rescue, age 12, 
interred in St. Luke's Memorial Park*, Benns Church, 16 Jun 1943, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 26, No. 14, June 24, 1943 

*His parents & paternal grandfather are buried there also. 
   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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