Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Saunders, Lillie M. Bracey, 1927 

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Funeral Services of Mrs. Saunders Held 

  Funeral services for the late Mrs. Lillie M. Saunders were held Monday 
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Beaver Dam Baptist Church, conducted by the 
Rev. J.R. Stephenson, of Franklin.  A pall of white lilies and ferns covered 
the casket and many people were present to pay their last tribute of respect. 
Following were the pallbearers: 

  Active: M.G. Council, A.E. Norfleet, J.T. Norfleet, A.C. Bradshaw, Lee 
Bracy, Jesse Councill, W.A. Councill and R.E.L. Holland; honorary: J.E. 
Lawrence, W.T. Daughtrey, D.A. Hall, T.E. Saunders, Oliver Cutchlns, J.R. 
Bracey, R.S. Daughtrey, Alex Steinhardt, Jesse Lankford and George Councill. 
Burial was in the church cemetery. 


Lillie May (BRACEY*; Mrs. Richard) SAUNDERS, 
b. 1877*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 1 Oct 1927, Suffolk, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Carrsville, 3 Oct 1927, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 5, No. 169, Thurs., Oct. 6, 1927, p. 2 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #59850088, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Additional information: 

Beaver Dam list (BD-69), an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #59850088; it gives her maiden name as Bracy. 

Birthplace from her m.rec. - 6 Jun 1894 (Roanoke #69). 

D.Cert. 22721 (Suffolk #277) gives her father as James R. BRACEY. 

Her parents, James B. BRACEY & Ellen V. COBB, m. 2 Jan 1872 in 
   Isle of Wight Co. 

The 1880 Census - Windsor Dist., Isle of Wight Co. - gives her father as J.M. 

The 1900 Census - Holy Neck Dist., Nansemond Co. - gives b. Jan 1879. 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Tidewater News," Sep. 1934) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/s536r2ob.txt 


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