Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Saunders, George F., 1960 

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Saunders Rites Set For Friday 

  SMITHFIELD - Funeral services for George Finley Saunders will be conducted 
Friday at 3 p.m. at the Bullock Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Antioch 
Christian Church Cemetery. 

  Mr. Saunders, 87, retired farmer, died Wednesday morning at Obici Memorial 
Hospital after a short illness. 

  He was a native of Isle of Wight County and had lived in Smithfield the last 
five years.  He was a son of George W. and Mrs. Jody Hall Saunders. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Effie Wrenn Saunders; three daughters, Mrs. 
Thomas Latimer and Mrs. Diego Delgardo of Smithfield and Mrs. Francis D. 
Landers of Milan, Ill.; two sons, Donald G. Saunders of Smithfield and Finley 
L. Saunders of Petersburg; four brothers, Roy Saunders, Allen Saunders and 
Edward Saunders of Suffolk and Clyde Saunders of Windsor; four sisters, Mrs. 
Thomas Eure of Suffolk, Mrs. Joseph Cook and Mrs. Percy L. Britt of Ivor and 
Mrs. Robert Cook of Surry, and eight grandchildren. 

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G. F. Saunders, 67, Buried August 19 In Antioch Cemty. 

  George Finley Saunders, 67, of Smithfield, retired farmer, died Wednesday 
morning, August 17, 1960 in the Obici Hospital after a short illness. 

  He was a native of Isle of Wight County and had lived in Smithfield the last 
five years.  He was a son of George W. and Mrs. Jody Hall Saunders. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Effie Wrenn Saunders; three daughters, Mrs. 
Thomas Latimer and Mrs. Diego Delgardo of Smithfield and Mrs. Francis D. 
Landers of Milan, Ill.; two sons, Donald G. Saunders of Smithfield and Finley 
L. Saunders of Petersburg; four brothers, Ray Saunders, Allen Saunders and 
Edward Saunders of Suffolk, and Clyde Saunders of Windsor; four sisters, Mrs. 
[Robert H. Cook and Mrs. Percy L. Britt; Mrs.] Thomas Eure of Suffolk, Mrs. 
Joseph Cook of Surry; and eight grandchildren. 

  A funeral service was held at the Bullock Funeral Home Friday, August 19, 
at 3 P.M. conducted by Rev. Warren F Taylor. 

  Burial was in Antioch Christian Church cemetery. 

  Pallbearers were D.D. Francis, Jeff Francis, Leslie Harrup, Jesse O'Berry, 
Paul W. Joyner and F.A. Holland. 


George Finley SAUNDERS, of Smithfield, retired farmer, 
b. 22 Sep 1892, Isle of Wight Co., d. 17 Aug 1960, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 14 Aug 1960, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 38, No. 196, Thurs., Aug. 18, 1960, p. 4; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Volume 41, Number 35, Thurs., Aug. 25, 1960, 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 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104676001. 

D.Cert. 22051 (Chuckatuck #71) 

His widow's obit ("Smithfield Times," Jan. 7, 1987, p. 9) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/s536e3ob.txt 

He 1m. Minnie Pearl (HATCHETT; widow of James Thomas) BRITT, 21 Jun 1924 
   in Prince George Co.  Divorced, Minnie 2m. widower George Richard BRITT, 
   James' brother.  She is buried with them in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church 
   Cemetery.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Tucker Swamp list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt 


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