Isle of Wight-Southampton County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pulley, Caroline V. Britt, 1931 

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CAROLINE VA. BRITT PULLEY 

Funeral Services For Mrs Pulley Take Place Today

Funeral rites for Mrs Caroline C. Pulley will be held this afternoon 
at 3 o'clock from Central Hill Baptist Church in Isle of Wight 
County with services in charge of the Rev. A.J. Dickinson, pastor of 
the First Baptist Church here.  Interment will be made in the Central 
Hill churchyard.

Mrs Pulley, who was 80 years of age*, died Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock 
at the home of her daughter, Miss Mary E. Pulley, 216 Forty-third Street, 
after an illness which lasted about a week.

She was a native of Isle of Wight County, where she had spent most of her 
life, coming to this city 8 years ago.

Mrs Pulley is survived by five sons: William E. Pulley, of Isle of Wight; 
Richard E. Pulley, J.J. Pulley, G.R. Pulley and H.L. Pulley, all of Newport 
News, and 3 daughters, Miss Pulley, Mrs Maggie J. Burleigh, and Mrs. Agnes 
Lawrence, all of Newport News.  Also surviving her are 11 grandchildren and 
two great grandchildren.

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CAROLINE C. PULLY [sic; PULLEY] 

  Funeral rites for Mrs. Caroline C. Pulley were held Thursday afternoon at 
3 o'clock in Isle of Wight County with services in charge of the Rev. A.J. 
Dickinson, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Newport News.  Interment 
was made in the Central Hill churchyard.

  Mrs. Pulley, who was 80* years of age, died Tuesday morning, July 7th at 
the home of her daughter, Miss Mary E. Pulley, 216 Forty-third Street, 
Newport News, after an illness which lasted about a week.

  She was a native of Isle of Wight County* where she had spent most of her 
life going to Newport News 8 years ago.

  Mrs. Pulley is survived by five sons; William E. Pulley of Isle of Wight; 
Richard E. Pulley, J.J. Pulley, G.R. Pulley and H.L. Pulley, all of Newport 
News and daughters, Miss Pulley, Mrs. Maggie J. Burleigh and Mrs. Agnes 
Lawrence all of Newport News.  Also surviving her are 22 grandchildren 
and two great grandchildren.


"Carrie" Caroline Virginia (BRITT; Mrs. George R.L.) PULLEY, 
d. 7 Jul 1931, at daughter's home, Newport News, age circa 80*, 
interred in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery*, 9 Jul 1931, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), July 9, 1931, p. 2, col. 1; 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 12, No. 15, July 16, 1931, p. 1, col. 7 

*Additional information: 

Carrie & George's graves are in the right corner closest to 
   Central Hill Rd. and the church.  (Anne Marie Piland) 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #56: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Her m.rec. (16 Feb 1875, IoW.Co.) gives age 18, b. Southampton Co. 

Her D.Cert. (#18235) gives b. 6 Oct 1850, Isle of Wight Co., but gives both 
   her parents as b. NC [unsubstantiated]. 

Hardesty gives b. 6 Oct 1854, NC [& gives m. wrong - "16 Feb 1874"]. 

Her Confederate widow's pension application gives b. Greenville Co., NC, 
   age 70, on 27 Mar 1922. 

Both her husband & father were Confederate soldiers.  Her father, 
   Wm. Robert BRITT, d. of disease 22 Jun 1862, Chimborazo Hospital No. 4, 
   Richmond, & was buried the next day in nearby Oakwood Cemetery.  The 
   interment record gives Wm. B. Britt, Div. B, Row O, #110, but, at the 
   end of the row, there is no marker. 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Anne Marie Piland, 
Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com), & 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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