Isle of Wight-Nansemond County-Norfolk-Petersburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Spiers, William T., 1934 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ W.T. SPIERS DIES AT NORFOLK, 76 Lived Here Twelve Years; Father of Three Suffolk Citizens; Burial At Smithfield Tomorrow. W.T. Spiers, who resided in Suffolk for twelve years preceding his recent removal to Norfolk, died at his home 111 W. 19th St., Norfolk, at 7:10 last night. He was 76 years of age. Besides his widow, Mr. Spiers is survived by ten children: Mrs. C.E. Murray, of Norfolk, Mrs. J.W. Horton, of Crittenden, Mrs. A.J. Carter, of Norfolk and Mrs. J.O. Dunn, of Baltimore, daughters; A.F. Spiers, Leslie W. Spiers, and E. Page Spiers, of Suffolk, R. Frank Spiers, of Franklin, Jesse L. Spiers, of Richmond and Milton C. Spiers, of Baltimore, sons. Funeral services will be held from the funeral parlors of E. Lee Cox & Bro., 631 Westover Ave., Norfolk, Friday morning at 11 o'clock. Burial will be made in Ivy Hill Cemetery at Smithfield. William Thomas SPIERS, formerly of Suffolk, retired insurance agent, b. 28 Jul 1866, Petersburg, d. 4 Jul 1934, at home, Norfolk, interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 6 Jul 1934, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 12, No. 91, Thurs., July 5, 1934, p. 1 *Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #48: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 16024 (Norfolk #1085), which gives son of H[ezekiah] Smith and Sarah Elizabeth (HARVELL) SPIERS; husband of Annie (THOMAS) SPIERS. His parents are buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg. (Find a Grave Mem. #38655556 &c.) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/s162w1ob.txt