Isle of Wight-Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Oliver, Bessie O. Clark, 1929 

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BESSIE OLA CLARK OLIVER 

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. BESSIE C. OLIVER 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie C. Oliver, 21-year-old wife of Mr. Jesse 
Vernon Oliver, who died on Friday night at her home near here, were held 
Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock at Whitehead's Grove Baptist Church, the Rev. 
Mr. Page officiating.  The hymns, "Abide With Me" and "Sometime We'll 
Understand," were sung by the choir.  Active pallbearers were J.L. Babb, 
J.F. Oliver, J.L. Babb, E.A. Felts and G.T. Babb.  Burial was in Bethlehem 
Cemetery.

  Besides her husband, Mrs. Oliver is survived by an infant daughter, her 
parents, four sisters and three brothers, all of Ivor and her grandmother 
of Waverly.


Bessie Ola (CLARK; Mrs. Jesse V. [Sr.]) OLIVER, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 13 Dec 1929, at home, Isle of Wight Co., age 21, 
interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery*, near Holland, 15 Dec 1929, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 10, No. 36, Dec. 19, 1929, p. 1, col. 7 

*Additional information: 

Bethlehem Christian list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/bethchr.txt 

Bessie's Find a Grave Memorial (#104561780) includes several photos. 
   Her brother-in-law Eddie Lee OLIVER is given as her spouse.  (Oct 2019) 

Her in-laws are buried there also. 

Her half-bro James & sister Virgie GWALTNEY are buried in Waverly Cemetery. 

Her other surviving siblings - including twin Lula PITTMAN - and their 
   parents, James W. & Annie B. (HOLLOWAY) CLARK, are buried in Ivor Cemetery. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Ivor list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt 

Her husband remarried in 1934, and is buried in 
   Whitehead's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #73: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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