Isle of Wight-Warwick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nelms, A. Pearl Lankford, 1937 

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ADELAIDE PEARL LANKFORD NELMS 

  Suffolk, Feb. 22. - Mrs. Pearl Lankford Nelms, 18, wife of Matthew Thomas 
Nelms, died this morning at her home near Septa, Isle of Wight County, after 
a brief illness.  Funeral services will be held at Uzzell's Methodist Church 
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.  The Rev. W.W. Norris will officiate.  Burial 
will be in the church cemetery. 

  Mrs. Nelms is survived by her husband, and an infant child; her parents, 
Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Lankford; two sisters and three brothers.  Mrs. Nelms was 
a native of Warwick County. 

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MRS. MAT THOMAS NELMS 

  Mrs. Mat Thomas Nelms, 18, died at her home in Isle of Wight County near 
Septa at 7 a.m. Monday, Feb. 22nd.  The deceased is survived by her husband 
and a new born baby, her mother and father, Mrs. and Mrs. D.E. Lankford, 
two sisters and three brothers.  Before her marriage the deceased was Miss 
Adelaide Pearl Lankford of Warwick County.  Funeral services were conducted 
at Uzzell's Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. with Rev. W.W. 
Norris, officiating.


Adelaide Pearl (LANKFORD; Mrs. "Matt" Matthew T.) NELMS, 
b. 9 May 1919, Warwick Co., d. 22 Feb 1937, at home, near Septa, 
interred in Uzzell Methodist Church Cemetery*, 25 Feb 1937, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Tues., Feb. 23, 1937, p. 15; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 17, No. 50, Thurs., Feb. 25, 1937, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Her parents, David Elijah & Nellie Pearl (ADDISON) LANKFORD, 
   are also buried there.  Pearl is not on the cemetery list. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #13: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #101633482; it shows Adlee L. NELMS, d. 29 Feb 1937. 

D.Cert. 4465 (Hardy #8) 

Septa is at the intersection of Burwells Bay & Moonlight Rds.; 
   the community is also called Moonlight. 
   (King, et al.  "Historical Notes..." pp. 450, 458) 

Pearl & Matt m. 6 Jul 1935 in Isle of Wight Co. 

Matt (1915 - 1990) 2m. Mary Josephine CRUMPLER 24 Dec 1937 in Suffolk 
   (IoW.Co. #128).  They are buried in Newman Memorial Cemetery, 
   Oakland Christian Church, Chuckatuck. 

Matt's paternal grandmother Emily Archer (ATKINS DOOLEY; Mrs Wilson Cooley) 
   NELMS (1850 - 1919) is also buried in Uzzell Methodist Church Cemetery. 

Matt's parents William Joseph "Jodie" & Annie Maud (VAUGHAN) NELMS are buried 
   in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor.  {IWCHS GSSTF #20} 
   Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

Jodie was fatally shot by a deputy 10 Sep 1929.  Articles on the incident 
   ("Suffolk News-Herald," Sep. 10, 1929, &c.) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/news/dp092029.txt 

Annie's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," July 1954) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/n452a4ob.txt 


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