Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thorne, M. Emma Turner, 1973 

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Mrs. Mary E. Thorne 

  ZUNI - Mrs. Mary Emma Turner Thorne, 79, died in Maryview Hospital, 
Portsmouth, Thursday after an illness of two weeks. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, she was a member of Antioch Congregational 
Christian Church, Windsor.  She was a daughter of Robert and Mrs. Idolia 
Kinsman [sic; Kinman] Turner and the widow of Jesse E. Thorne. 

  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ida T. Joyner of Zuni; a son, Jesse L. Thorne 
of Portsmouth; three half sisters, Mrs. Lee Nelms of Norfolk, Mrs. Farrow 
Lanier and Mrs. Steve Robinson of Franklin; three grandchildren; and three 
great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held Saturday at 4 p.m. in Purviance Funeral 
Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. Erold Lotridge.  Burial will be in Antioch 
Church cemetery. 

  The family will be at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9. 


Mary Emma (TURNER; Mrs. Jesse Elias) THORNE, 
b. 15 Jan 1894*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 1 Mar 1973, Portsmouth, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 3 Mar 1973, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 51, No. 53, Sun., Mar. 2, 1973, p. 8 

*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 #60470069. 

D.Cert. 73-008038 

The 1900 Census - Windsor Dist., IoW.Co. - gives b. Dec 1893; her father 
   W[illiam] R[obert] TURNER was widowed. 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," June 1955) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/t650j2ob.txt 

Her maternal grandmother, "Millie" Emily Jane (WORRELL KINMAN; Mrs. William 
   E.) MUNFORD, is also buried at Antioch, unmarked.  Her first husband's 
   name appears variously Kendrick/Kindrick/Kindred KINMAN/KINDMAN/KINMOND &c. 
   He was a Confederate soldier, serving in Co. C, 7th CS Cavalry.  She 
   applied for a CS widow's pension 28 Nov 1923, stating she m. 10 Feb 1861 
   in Southampton Co., and that she never saw her husband again after his 
   company left the area, and that she believed he had died during the war. 
   Actually they m. 11 Jan 1863.  (Southampton Co. MB1A:25: M.Reg. p. 13 #5) 

Emma's mother "Ida" was b. Oct 1869. 


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