Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rose, John R. Sr., 1955 

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JOHN RANDOLPH ROSE 

   John Randolph Rose, Sr., 59, of Walters, died in Raiford Memorial Hospital, 
Saturday afternoon, March 26, after a short illness.

   A life-long resident of Isle of Wight County, Mr. Rose had been employed 
by the St. Regis Paper Company for several years.  He was a member of the 
Colosse Baptist Church and of Beech Camp No. 186, Woodmen of the World.  He 
was a veteran of World War I.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sybilla Bowden Rose; a daughter, Miss Mary 
Elizabeth Rose of Walters;  four sons, John R. Rose, Jr. of Windsor, M.E. 
Rose of Suffolk, James R. Rose of Walters, and Vernon W. Rose of Zuni, three 
sisters, Mrs. Berta Vaughan of Portsmouth, Mrs. Lillian Uzzell of Norfolk, and 
Mrs. Maude Griffin of Windsor; a brother, Frank L. Rose of Windsor; and 11 
grandchildren.

   Funeral services were conducted at the Colosse Baptist Church on Monday 
afternoon at 2 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. Curtis L. Hoffman, assisted by 
Revs. J. Sidney Cobb, Ellis N. Clark and Frank L. Rose, Jr.  Burial was in 
the church cemetery.  Woodmen services were held at the grave.

   Honorary pallbearers were members of Beech Camp No. 186, Woodmen of the 
World.  Active pallbearers were Homer Breakiron, John H. Drewery, G.T. 
Johnson, Sherman Johnson, H.S. Lowe, Rossie Robertson, L.J. Sanford and 
Robert Simmons.


John Randolph ROSE, Sr., St. Regis Paper emplyee, WW-I veteran, 
life-long resident of Isle of Wight Co., d. 26 Mar 1955, Franklin, age 59, 
interred in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery*, Collosse, 28 Mar 1955, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 31, 1955, Sect. II, p. 2 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #44: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His parents, John Richard & Elizabeth Debitha (VAUGHAN) ROSE, 
   are buried in a ROSE family cemetery, on Hunt Club Rd. 
   (IWCHS GSSTF report #187) 


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