Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Seward, A. Estelle Beale, 1990 

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Estelle Beale Seward 

  Estelle Beale Seward, age 89, died Saturday, July 21, in her home. 

  Mrs. Seward was a native of Southampton County.  She was a retired Suffolk 
High School teacher with 33 years of service.  She was also a veteran of the 
U.S. Navy, where she retired as Lt. Commander and served in World War II.  She 
was a member of Smithfield Baptist Church. 

  Other memberships include: Co-founder and sponsor of the Suffolk Civic 
Chorus; Co-founder and past president of Suffolk Art Club; member of the 
Association for Preservation of Virginia Antiquities; past member of American 
Association of University Women; charter member of University of Virginia 
Chapter of Chi Omega; member of the Woman's Club of Smithfield; past member of 
Suffolk Business & Professional Women; member of American Legion George F. 
Dashiell Post #49; founder and past president of Isle of Wight Society; past 
member of Archeological Society of Virginia; organized the Young Women's 
Sunday School Class at Smithfield Baptist Church.  She was also a member of 
the Women's Missionary Union. 

  Mrs. Seward was the daughter of the late Christanna Hall and William Monroe 
Beale. 

  Survivors include three nieces, Sara B. Williams of Suffolk, Evelyn B. 
Dressier of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and Anne B. Scott of Portsmouth; three 
nephews, Thomas Beale and William Beale of Maryland, and Carl M. Beale Jr. of 
Smithfield. 

  Graveside services were held Monday, July 23, at 10 a.m. in Central Hill 
Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Warren F. Taylor officiating. 

  Memorial donations may be made to the Isle ofWight Volunteer Rescue Squad, 
P.O. Box 97, Smithfield, Va. 23430, or the Isle of Wight Historic Society, c/o 
Mrs. Ingrid Lampert, 22 East Main Street, Smithfield, Virginia 23430. 


Anna Estelle (BEALE; Mrs. James Rowell) SEWARD, retired Suffolk H.S. teacher, 
   Navy veteran of WW-II,  
b. 1 Jun 1901, Southampton Co., d. 21 Jul 1990, at home, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery*, 23 Jul 1990, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 71, No. 30, Wed., July 25, 1990, p. 6 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #56: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #105698655; it shows ANNA ESTELLE BEALE. 

Her parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 90-025773 

Estelle & James m. 3 Apr 1929 in Portsmouth (IoW.Co. lic.); they div. in 1947. 
   James (1903 - 1989) is entombed with his third wife in the Meadowbrook 
   Mausoleum, Driver. 


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