Isle of Wight-Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Taylor, Ruth E. Hedgepeth, 1956 

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Mrs. Ruth Taylor Succumbs at 69 

  Funeral services tor Mrs. Ruth Elizabeth Taylor, 69, of 131 Madison Avenue, 
who died last night st 11:30 at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital after a short 
illness, will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at the I.O. Hill and Company 
Funeral Home by the Rev. A. Woodrow Laine, pastor of Oxford Methodist Church. 
Burial will be in the Antioch Christian Church Cemetery in Isle of Wight 
County. 

  She was a member of the Oxford Methodist Church and daughter of the late 
Richard Hedgepeth and Mattie Davis Hegepeth of Southampton County. 

  She is survived by her husband, John W. Taylor; one son, Clyde C. Taylor of 
Suffolk; three sisters, Mrs. Lonnie Powell of Portsmouth, Mrs. Whittey Johnson 
of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., and Mrs. Hudley Holland of Suffolk; one brother, 
Dillard Hedgepeth of Chapel Hill, N.C.; one granddaughter, Mrs. Fred Spence of 
Norfolk, and one great-granddaughter. 

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Funeral Tomorrow For Mrs. Ruth Taylor 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Elizabeth Taylor will be conducted Thursday 
at 2 p.m. at the I.O. Hill and Co. Funeral Home by the Rev. A. Woodrow Laine, 
pastor of Oxford Methodist Church.  Burial will be in Antioch Christian Church 
Cemetery in Isle of Wight County. 

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Mrs. R. E. Taylor's Funeral Is Held 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Elizabeth Taylor, who died Monday, were 
conducted yesterday at 2 p.m. at the I.O. Hill and Co. Funeral Home by the 
Rev. A. Woodrow Laine, pastor of the Oxford Methodist Church.  Burial was in 
Antioch Christian Church Cemetery. 

  Mrs. Anne Joyner, accompanied by Mrs. Webb Pinner, sang "Sometime We'll 
Understand." 

  The pall was red and white carnations.  Pallbearers were W.E. Harris, V.K. 
Rountree, Douglas Evans, C.M. Rountree, Walter G. Rountree, J. Fred Panton, 
Robert Comer and T.M. Rountree. 


Ruth Elizabeth (HEDGEPETH; Mrs. John Wesley) TAYLOR, of Suffolk, 
b. 8 Dec 1886*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 3 Dec 1956, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 6 Dec 1956, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 34, No. 287, Tues., Dec. 4, 1956, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 34, No. 288, Wed., Dec. 5, 1956, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 34, No. 289, Fri., Dec. 7, 1956, p. 3 

*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 her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #92731396. 

Her parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 30221 (Chuckatuck #288) gives b. 7 Dec 1888. 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," July 9 & 13, 1962) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/t460j3ob.txt 


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