Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Saunders, Clarence E., 1929 

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INJURIES FATAL TO WINDSOR MAN 

Young Clarence Saunders, Mangled by Wheels of N. & W. Train In Some Mysterious 
   Manner, Succumbs At Hospital 

  Clarence Saunders, of Windsor, who was rushed to the Virginia Hospital early 
yesterday morning in a serious condition as a result of injuries received when 
he is supposed to have been struck by a N. & W. train, died that afternoon at 
about 4 o'clock.  Saunders received a fractured skull and the right leg was 
severed and his body in general was terribly mangled. 

  He was found by a section foreman and rushed immediately to this city.  It 
was learned that Saunders left Zuni Monday night at about 10:45 to walk to his 
home about five miles distant. 

  Doctors of this city deemed an inquest unnecessary and his body was shipped 
back to Windsor from this city this morning. 

  Mr. Saunders was a son of the late C.E. Saunders and Mrs. Whittie Saunders, 
of Windsor.  Besides his mother he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. A.W. 
Butler, of Norfolk, Mrs. A.J. Griffin, of Windsor, three brothers, C.F. 
Saunders, of Virginia Beach, C.R. Saunders, of Zuni, and J.N. Saunders of 
Norfolk. 

  Funeral services will be held at Antioch Christian Church Thursday afternoon 
at 3:30 o'clock by the Rev. George A. Pearce, assisted by the Rev. W.D. 
Harvard.  Burial will be in Antioch cemetery with full Masonic rites. 

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INJURIES FATAL TO WINDSOR MAN 

Young Clarence Saunders, Mangled by Wheels of N. & W. Train In Some Mysterious 
   Manner, Succumbs At Hospital 

  Clarence Saunders, of Windsor, who was rushed to the Virginia Hospital early 
Tuesday morning in a serious condition as a result of injuries received when 
he is supposed to have been struck by a N. & W. train, died that afternoon at 
about 4 o'clock.  Saunders received a fractured skull and the right leg was 
severed and his body in general was terribly mangled. 

  He was found by a section foreman and rushed immediately to this city.  It 
was learned that Saunders left Zuni Monday night at about 10:45 to walk to his 
home about five miles distant. 

  Doctors of this city deemed an inquest unnecessary and his body was shipped 
back to Windsor from this city this morning. 

  Mr. Saunders was a son of the late C.E. Saunders and Mrs. Whittie Saunders, 
of Windsor.  Besides his mother he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. A.W. 
Butler, of Norfolk, Mrs. A.J. Griffin, of Windsor, three brothers, C.F. 
Saunders, of Virginia Beach, C.R. Saunders, of Zuni, and J.N. Saunders of 
Norfolk. 

  Funeral services will be held at Antioch Christian Church Thursday afternoon 
at 2:30 o'clock by the Rev. George A. Pearce, assisted by the Rev. W.D. 
Harward.  Burial will be in Antioch cemetery with full Masonic rites. 

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ACCIDENT VICTIM DIES OF INJURIES 

Funeral Services for Clarence Edward Saunders, of Windsor, Will Be Held Today. 

  Clarence Edward Saunders, 30, of Windsor, found unconscious on the Norfolk 
and Western railway tracks early Tuesday, suffering from a fracture of the 
skull and with his right leg cut off below the knee, died yesterday afternoon 
at 4 o'clock in Virginia hospital, Suffolk, after an operation. 

  The injured man was found by a railroad section foreman, and was carried to 
Suffolk on an early morning freight.  It was learned that he left Zuni Tuesday 
night about 10:45 o'clock, walking on his way to his home, five miles distant. 
It was indicated that he had been struck by a train, but doctors who examined 
him expressed puzzlement over the fact that his torso bore no injuries. 

  An inquest over the body will be held in Suffolk today. 

  Mr. Saunders was a son of the late C. E. Saunders and Mrs. Whittie Saunders 
of Windsor.  Besides his mother, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. W.H. 
Butler of Norfolk, and Mrs. A.J. Griffin, of Windsor; and three brothers, C.F. 
Saunders, of Virginia Beach, C.R. Saunders, of Zuni, and J.N. Saunders, of 
Norfolk. 

  He was a member of Blackwater Lodge 134, A.F. & A.M., and Zion Tent 42, 
Maccabees, both of Zuni, and Antioch Christian Church. 

  Funeral services will he conducted at Antioch Christian Church this Thursday 
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by the Rev. George A. Pearce, pastor, and the Rev. 
W.D. Harwood, D.D., pastor of Mt. Carmel Christian Church, and burial will be 
in Antioch cemetery, with Masonic rites. 


Clarence Edmond SAUNDERS, of Windsor, carpenter, 
b. 29 Sep 1898, Isle of Wight Co., 
struck by train 9 Apr 1929, between Zuni & Windsor, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 11 Apr 1929, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 20, Wed., Apr. 10, 1929, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 21, Thurs., Apr. 11, 1929, p. 8; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 3, No. 43, Thurs., Apr. 11, 1928, p. 1, 
   posted to Find a Grave Memorial #92743299, by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*His parents, Charlie Edward & Whittie (CLEMENTS) SAUNDERS, are also buried 
   there.  Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical 
   Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

D.Cert. 11217 (Suffolk #133). 

His mother's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," May 15 & 18, 1952) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/s536w4ob.txt 


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