Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stringfield, Mary F. Griggs, 1943 

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MARY FRANCIS GRIGGS STRINGFIELD 

MRS. STRINGFIELD BURIED SUNDAY IN ISLE-WIGHT COUNTY 

  Mrs. Mary Francis Stringfield, aged 33, died Friday afternoon at the home of 
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Smith, near Smithfield after a long illness.

  She was the wife of Roy Stringfield who survives her.  She is also survived 
by three daughters, Margaret, Hazel and Alice Jean Stringfield; a son James 
Albert Stringfield, all of Isle of Wight; six sisters; Mrs. G.W. Edwards, Mrs. 
Maude Stanley, Mrs. Effie Knight of Isle of Wight; Mrs. Clarence Gay and Mrs. 
Ballie Gay of Zuni; Mrs. L.E. Bassett of East Portlock; four brothers, J.T. 
and R.W. Griggs of East Portlock; S.G. Griggs of Chuckatuck and T.H. Griggs of 
Isle of Wight.

  The body was taken to the Rouse Funeral Home in Smithfield.

  Active pallbearers were Curtis L. Stanley; W.G. Edwards; L.E. Bassett; W.N. 
and Allen Minton and Lester Smith.

  Funeral services were held at the grave in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery 
Sunday afternoon with the Rev. T. Fred Wright of Windsor officiating.


Mary Frances (GRIGGS; Mrs. James Roy) STRINGFIELD, of Isle of Wight, 
b. 15 Sep 1910, Isle of Wight* Co., d. 30 Jul 1943, near Smithfield, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 1 Aug 1943, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 26, No. 20, Thurs., Aug. 5, 1943, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

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:  
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Find a Grave Memorial #201140401 

Her parents, Thaddeus Augustus "Thad Gus" and Sarah "Annie" (HOLLAND) GRIGGS, 
   are marked, but her father's gravestone shows "Thaddeus L." 

Birthdate from D.Cert. 15844 (Hardy #13), which gives STRINKFIELD. 

She & James m. 1 Dec 1926.  (Nansemond Co. #284) 

James 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. 

James, b. 1 Dec 1906 to James William & Lillie Boykin (GOODSON) STRINGFIELD, 
   d. 21 Dec 1957 in Isle of Wight Co.  (D.Cert. 31639 {Hardy #15}).  He was 
   buried with his parents in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, apparently 
   unmarked.  His parents appear, but he does not, on IWCHS GSSTF report #56. 

His obit ("Suffolk New-Herald," Dec. 22, 1957, p. 11) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/s365j2ob.txt 

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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