Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Simpson, Emily Delk, 1967 

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Service Here Last Saturday for Mrs. Simpson 

  Mrs. Emily Delk Simpson of Smithfield, 82, died Wednesday, March 22, in 
Farmington, Michigan, while visiting her daughter, Mrs. H.T. Stultz, Jr. 

  She was a lifelong resident of Smithfield, wife of the late Frank 
Brittlebank Simpson, Sr., and a daughter of Captain O'Weighton G. and Mrs. 
Anna Spratley Delk. 

  She was educated in private schools in Smithfield and continued her 
education at the Norfolk academy.  Her religious, cultural and social 
activities were many and varied.  She was active in all Christ Church 
organizations and organist for many years.  She was active in organizing 
and leading the Smithfield Woman's Club, directress of Isle of Wight County 
A.P.V.A., where she helped save the Old Courthouse from being razed and the 
site used for a post office. 

  She was a member of the Shakespeare Class and a member of Col. William 
Allen Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 

  Besides her daughter, Mrs. Stultz, she is survived by two sons, Frank B. 
Simpson, Jr. of Smithfield and Col. O. Delk Simpson of Washington, D.C.; 
seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. 

  Graveside services were held Saturday, March 25th, at 3 p.m. in Ivy Hill 
Cemetery, Smithfield, by Rev. William Taylor Willis. 

  In lieu of flowers the family asked that memorial gifts be sent to the Old 
Courthouse Fund, Isle of Wight Chapter A.P.V.A. 

  Services were conducted by Colonial Funeral Home. 


Emily Wheadon (DELK; Mrs. Frank B. Sr.) SIMPSON, of Smithfield, 
b. 27 Nov 1888, Surry Co., d. 22 Mar 1967, Farmington, MI, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 25 Mar 1967, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 46, No. 13, Wed., Mar. 29, 1967, p. 1 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #48: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Laurie (Thompson) Mercer - 
   is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #87233433. 

Her parents are also buried there. 


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