Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Saunders, Jesse A., 1954 

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Rites Held Today For Jesse Saunders 

  WINDSOR - Funeral services for Jesse A. Saunders, former resident of 
Windsor, who died Monday in McGuire's Veteran's Administration Hospital, 
Richmond, were held this afternoon at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the W.J.M. 
Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Ellis Clark, pastor of Antioch 
Christian Church, assisted by the Rev. Curtis Hoffman, pastor of Colosse 
Baptist Church.  Burial was in Antioch Church Cemetery. 

  Mr. Saunders is survived by a daughter, Mrs. A.V. Simmons, of Norfolk; 
a grandchild; two brothers, W.E. Saunders, of 121 Bayview Boulevard, Norfolk, 
with whom he made his home, and W.H. Saunders, of Windsor; two sisters, Mrs. 
J.H. Bowden, of Windsor, and Mrs. A.G. Parsons, of Pocomoke City, Md., and a 
number of nieces and nephews. 

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Jesse A. Saunders Buried In Antioch Church Cemetery 

  Funeral services for Jesse A. Saunders, former resident of Windsor, who 
died Monday, December 6 [sic; Sunday, Dec. 5], in McGuire's Veterans' 
Administration Hospital, Richmond, was held Wednesday, December 8, at 2 P.M. 
in the chapel of the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Ellis 
Clark, pastor of Antioch Christian Church, assisted by the Rev. Curtis 
Hoffman, pastor of Colosse Baptist Church.  Burial was in Antioch Church 
Cemetery. 

  Mr. Saunders is survived by a daughter, Mrs. A.V. Simmons of Norfolk; a 
grandchild; two brothers, W.E. Saunders, of Norfolk, with whom he made his 
home, and W.H. Saunders of Windsor; two sisters, Mrs. J.H. Bowden of Windsor, 
and Mrs. A.G. Parsons of Pocomoke City, Md.; and a number of nieces and 
nephews. 


Jesse Alvin SAUNDERS, retired bus driver, 
b. 7 May 1897, Windsor, Isle of Wight Co., d. 5 Dec 1954, Chesterfield Co., 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 8 Dec 1954, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 32, No. 289, Wed., Dec. 8, 1954, p. 3; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 39, No. 27, Thurs., Dec. 16, 1954, p. 1 

*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 Mem. #104676466. 

D.Cert. 27691 (Manchester #282) 


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