Isle of Wight-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Oman, Robert B., 1960 

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R. B. Oman, 89, Merchant Of Surry Buried Nov. 18 

  Robert Bennett Oman, 89, retired merchant of Surry County, died Wednesday 
morning, November 16, 1960, in the Obici Hospital at Suffolk after a long 
illness. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, he lived in Surry County for 45 years and 
had made his home in Smithfield with his niece, Mrs. V.S. Richardson Sr., for 
the last 14 years. 

  He was a member of Bacon's Castle Baptist Church and formerly ran a general 
merchandise store in Surry County. 

  He is survived by ten nieces and seven nephews. 

  A funeral service was conducted in the Jones Funeral Home Friday, November 
18th, at 2 P.M. by the Rev. John W. Gordon, pastor of Bacon's Castle Baptist 
Church, and the Rev. Clarence England, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, 
Smithfield.  Burial was in Ivy Hill Cemetery. 


Robert Bennett OMAN, of Surry Co., retired general-store merchant, 
b. 26 Jun 1871, Isle of Wight Co., d. 16 Nov 1960, Suffolk, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 18 Nov 1960, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 41, No. 48, Thurs., Nov. 24, 1960, p. 1 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #48: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #175802528. 

D.Cert. 29928 (Chuckatuck #158) states he never married. 

His parents, William Andrew Jackson OMAN & Sarah A. ATKINS, m. 22 Oct 1867, 
   in Isle of Wight Co.  "A.J." was a Confederate veteran. 


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