Isle of Wight-Warwick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Vellines, Casper C., 1943 

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CASPER CLINTON VELLINES 

C.C. VELLINES DIES SUNDAY SOON AFTER HIS WEDDING 

  Newport News, Aug. 4 - Funeral services for Casper Clinton Vellines, 54, 
widely known Peninsula building contractor, who died Sunday at his residence 
Riverwood, Warwick County less than eight hours after his wedding were held 
at 4 p.m. in the family cemetery in Isle of Wight County.

  Mr. Vellines had been in apparently good health up to the time of his death. 
At 6:30 p.m. Saturday he and Miss Helen W. Snyder, a Civil Service employee of 
the Hampton Roads port of embarkation, had been married at the home in an 
informal ceremony.

  Mrs. Vellines is the daughter of Mrs. Laura E. Wolf of Dayton, Ohio and had 
been a resident of the Peninsula since 1933.

  Mr. Vellines was born October 9, 1888 in Isle of Wight County, the son of 
the late Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Vellines.  He had lived in Newport News 46 years 
and had been in the contracting business since 1914.

  Death was attributed by his physician to angina pectoris.


Casper Clinton VELLINES, building contractor, 
b. 9 Oct 1888, Isle of Wight Co., m. 31 Jul 1943, 6:30 p.m., at home, 
d. 1 Aug 1943, 3 a.m., at home, Riverwood, Warwick Co., 
interred in the VELLINES family cemetery*, Central Hill Rd., 3 Aug 1943, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 26, No. 20, Aug. 5, 1943 

*Additional information: 

His parents are buried there also. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} Central Hill list (#63): 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. #18684 (Newport #57), which gives 
   sn/o A.R. & Ann (Curlin) Vellines. 

His Find a Grave Memorial (#122611702) mistakenly lists him at 
   Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.  (IWCHS GSSTF #56) 
   It includes the text of the obit that appeared in 
   "The Daily Press," Aug. 2, 1943, p. 2. 


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