Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stringfield, James R., 1957 

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James Strinkfield [sic; Stringfield], Age 51, Succumbs 

  SMITHFIELD - James Roy Stringfield, 51, died Saturday morning at his home 
in Isle of Wight after a long illness.  He was a life-long resident of Isle 
of Wight County and a member of the Central Hill Baptist Church. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Martha Wells Stringfield; three daughters, 
Mrs. Kenneth Johnson and Mrs. Jack King, Jr., both of Suffolk, and Mrs. Cecil 
Berryman of Lackey; three sons, James A. Stringfield of Norfolk, and John and 
James R. Stringfield, both of Isle of Wight; a brother, Rufus Stringfield of 
Isle of Wight Courthouse; and six sisters, Mrs. Brandford Stanley, Mrs. James 
Peden, Mrs. Sam Jones, Mrs. C.A. Minton, all of Smithfield, Mrs. R.H. Wells 
and Mrs. A.L. Wells, both of Carrollton. 

  Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the Bullock Funeral 
Home by the Rev. John C. Leitner, pastor of the Central Hill Baptist Church 
and the Rev. J.W. Collins, pastor of Pine Grove Tabernacle.  Burial will be 
in the Central Hill Cemetery. 


James Roy STRINGFIELD, farmer, 
b. 1 Dec 1906, Isle of Wight Co., d. 21 Dec 1957, at home, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 23 Dec 1957, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 35, No. 301, Sun., Dec. 22, 1957, p. 11 

*Additional information: 

Unmarked?  His parents, James William & Lillie Boykin (GOODSON) STRINGFIELD, 
   appear, but he does not, on:  
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #56: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Find a Grave Memorial #239354619 [no photo] 

Birthdate from D.Cert. 31639 (Hardy #15) 

He 1m. Mary Frances GRIGGS (1910 - 1943), daughter of Thaddeus Augustus "Thad 
   Gus" and Sarah "Annie" (HOLLAND) GRIGGS, 1 Dec 1926.  (Nansemond Co. #284) 

She is buried with her parents in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near 
   Windsor.  Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical 
   Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

Unmarked?  She does not appear on IWCHS GSSTF report #20. 

Her obit ("Smithfield Times," Aug. 5, 1943, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/s365m1ob.txt 

He 2m. Martha Virginia WELLS, daughter of Charlie Lee & Mary E. (BROWN) 
   WELLS, 23 Jun 1945.  (IoW.Co. #36) 

He appears in the 1950 Census - Rt. 620, Hardy Dist., IoW.Co. - as a farm 
   hand, on the farm of Martha's brother Reginald H. WELLS, who married James' 
   sister Maywood. 

His widow (1930 - 2003) 2m. in 1958 Richard David EDWARDS (1935 - 1997).  They 
   are buried in Woodland Methodist Church Cemetery.  {IWCHS GSSTF report #24} 


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