Isle of Wight-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Morrison, Laura T.T. Todd, 1944 

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LAURA THERESA TODD MORRISON 

MRS. L.T. MORRISON BURIED SUNDAY 

  Mrs. Laura Theresa Todd Morrison, 86, widow of William* Wilson Morrison, 
died Friday night at the home of her sister, Miss Diana Todd in Smithfield. 
She was the daughter of the late Edward Moore and Nannie Robinson* Todd and 
a native of Smithfield.

  Surviving her is the one sister, Miss Diana Todd.

  Burial services were conducted at the grave in the family lot in Old 
Saint Luke's Cemetery, on the Smithfield-Suffolk Highway, Sunday at 11 a.m. 
with the Rev. William Brayshaw officiating.


Laura Theresa Talcotte (TODD; Mrs. Willis* W.) MORRISON, formerly of Surry Co., 
b. 4 Aug 1863, Smithfield, 
d. 21 Oct 1944, at sister's home, near Smithfield, 
interred in Old Saint Luke's Cemetery*, Benn's Church, 17 Oct 1944, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 27, No. 31, Oct. 25, 1944 

*Additional information: 

Her parents, Everard M. & Nannie R. (SOUTHALL) TODD, are buried there also. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #17: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

There is no photo posted of her marker with her Find a Grave Memorial, 
   #30414766, but there are several of her parents' monuments.  Robinson 
   was her mother's middle name.  Her m.rec. (22 Nov 1854) gives 
   Nancy R. Southall, 29 single, dt/o J.B. {James Barrett?} & M. Southall. 
   (IoW.Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}, 1854 {mixed dates} p. 1 of 3) 

Her husband's name was Willis, not William; b. 29 Nov 1871, Smithfield, 
   sn/o Col. Emmett M. & Virginia Augusta (WILSON) MORRISON; 
   d. 5 Sep 1931, Surry Co.  Mrs. W.N. Morrison, of Surry, was the informant. 
   (D.Cert. #22629 {Cobham #17}) 

Her father-in-law was the first Superintendant of IoW.Co. schools, 1870-1881. 
   His photographic portrait is included with a chapter (#12) on education 
   in the following source: 
   Helen Haverty King, et al. 
   "Historical Notes on Isle of Wight County, Virginia." 
   Isle of Wight: Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors, 1993. 
   see esp. pp. 8, 252-60 

A biographical sketch of him is also provided, with the first of many 
   citations from his "Isle of Wight County, 1608-1907," a 72-page pamphlet 
   prepared for the Jamestown Tri-Centennial. 


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