Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Scott, Mary L. Davis, 1929 

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MARY LEE DAVIS STOTT 

MRS. J. WALTER STOTT DIES AT HOME HERE 

  The funeral services for Mrs. J. Walter Scott were conducted Friday, 
March 1, at Smithfield Baptist Church by the Rev. L.F. Paulette, Pastor 
of the church.  Interment was in Ivy Hill Cemetery.

  The favorite hymns of Mrs. Stott's were sung, "Abide With Me" and 
"Sometime We'll Understand."  Special request for Mr. George F. Whitley 
to sing, "Face to Face".  This selection he sang at Mrs. Stott's mother's 
funeral many years ago.

  The floral offering was large and very beautiful.

  The active pallbearers were Wharton Holland, Henry West, Marshall Hart, 
Henley Chapman, Gray Vellines, Willie Holmes Chapman, Truitt Chapman and 
Arthur Ballard; honorary, D.J. Mood, C.S. Betts, A.E.S. Stephens, John I. 
Cofer, John I. Caulke, J.R. Rowell, Dr. Hugh Warren, T.C. Patterson, T.A. 
Dashiells, Whitney Godwin, R.A. Edwards and P.D. Gwaltney, 3d.

  Mrs. Stott died February 28, after an illness of three months.  She was 
the daughter of the late Merritt Davis and Mary Virginia Davis, and was 
born in Isle of Wight County, Va., in 1862.  She is survived by her 
husband, J. Walter Stott; three children, Carlyle Stott, of New York City, 
George Ben. Stott, of Suffolk and Mrs. Arthur Gallop, of Elizabeth City, 
N.C.; two grandsons, Thomas Stott and George Ben. Stott, Jr.; one niece, 
Mrs. Henley Chapman, of Smithfield.

  She was a consistent member of the Baptist Church, member of the Woman's 
Club and Daughters of Confederacy.

  Mrs. Stott was a woman of unusual qualities and greatly beloved and 
esteemed by all that knew her.

  The passing of our friend will be a great loss to the community.


Mary Lee (DAVIS; Mrs. J. Walter ) STOTT, 
b. 1 Sep 1862*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 28 Feb 1929, Williamsburg, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 1 Mar 1929, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 8, No. 38, Mar. 7, 1929 

*Additional information: 

The cemetery list gives b. 1863. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #48: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Birthdate from D.Cert. #5600 (Wmbg. #52). 


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