Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rose, Lydia D. Harrell, 1997 

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Lydia H. Rose 

  Lydia Harrell Rose, 86, of 31374 Harvest Dr., Carrsville, Va., died Dec. 29, 
1997, at her residence.  A native of Suffolk, she was the widow of John Edward 
Rose, and daughter of the late Raleigh Clarke Harrell and Adina Baker Harrell. 
She was predeceased by two sons, Cpt. John Beverley Rose and Robert Edward 
Rose, and three brothers, Beverly T. Harrell, R. Clarke Harrell and David E. 
Harrell. 

  In addition to being a homemaker, during the early 1930s she was a teacher 
at Carrsville School.  For many years she was an active leader in P.T.A. at 
the local and state levels, including Tidewater District PTA president.  Her 
extensive involvement at Beaver Dam Baptist Church included being a Sunday 
School teacher, Royal Ambassador leader, and worked in the Women's Missionary 
Union, of which she was church president and later associational 
superintendent.  For many years she was chairman of the Memorial Gifts 
Committee.  For six years Mrs. Rose served on the Board of Trustees for Walter 
Cecil Rawls Library.  She was also a member of the Holland Women's Club, the 
Carrsville Homemakers' Club, and for 50 years, a member of Sinai Chapter No. 
18 of the Order of the Eastern Star. 

  Survivors include two daughters, Lydia Joanne Rose Willis and her husband, 
Wayne, of Smithfield, Va., and Mary Rose Campbell of Marietta, Ga.; a daughter-
in-law, Billie Fay Barrett Rose of Carrsville; six grandchildren, Robert 
Barrett Rose of Yorktown, Adina Baker of Carrsville, Cpt. John B. Willis of 
Charlottesville, Va., Cpt. Robert A. Willis of Illesheim, Germany, Robert C. 
Campbell and A. Scott Campbell, both of Marietta; and three great-
grandchildren, Tyler and Madeleine Willis and Michaela Rose. 

  The funeral will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. by Rev. Richard Peerey in 
Beaver Dam Baptist Church.  Interment will be in the church cemetery. 

  Friends may join the family Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Harrell Funeral 
Home, and other times at the residence.  Memorials may be made to the Beaver 
Dam Baptist Church, 3593 Carrsville Hwy., Franklin, Va. 23851. 


Lydia Darden (HARRELL; Mrs. John E.) ROSE, former teacher, 
b. 28 Apr 1911, Suffolk, d. 29 Dec 1997, at home, Carrsville, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Carrsville, 31 Dec 1997, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 73, No. 310, Tues., Dec. 30, 1997, p. 2 

An obit also appeared in the "Virginian-Pilot," Dec. 30, 1997, p. B-6. 

*Additional information: 

Beaver Dam list (BD-67), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #42: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Photos of John & Lydia and her gravestone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #67780171. 

Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Aug. 31, 1989, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/r200j9ob.txt 

Their son Capt. John Beverly ROSE, an Army helicopter pilot, was killed in 
   crash 27 Jun 1964, at Davison Air Field, Ft. Belvoir, Fairfax Co. 
   Coverage ("Northern Virginia Sun," June 30, 1964, p. 1, &  
   "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," July 1, 1964, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/r200job.txt 

The Franklin Municipal Airport was renamed John Beverly Rose Field in his 
   honor.  An article ("Suffolk News-Herald," Oct. 25, 1964, pp. 1 & 2) 
   on the ceremony is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/news/19641025nh.txt 

Her parents are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block M, Lot 6. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 


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