Isle of Wight County-Hampton City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Winslow, Rolland L., 1935 

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ROLLAND L. WINSLOW 

ROLAND L. WINSLOW VICTIM OF ACCIDENT 

Well-Known Power Company Employee Killed in Motorcycle Collision 

  Roland L. Winslow, 35, well known resident of Smithfield, and superintendent 
of the Virginia Electric and Power Company's ice plant at Smithfield since 
1926, was instantly killed Friday morning on the Suffolk-Smithfield highway at 
Chuckatuck, when the motorcycle on which he was riding crashed into the rear 
of a truck owned by C.T Pruden, of Chuckatuck, and driven by George Batten, 
negro.

  Mr. Winslow had been to Suffolk and was returning to Smithfield and the 
fatal accident occurred in Chuckatuck.  The accident victim was thrown with 
great force from his machine and was dead when the onlookers rushed to his 
side.

  The motorcycle was completely wrecked and the rear wheels of the truck were 
crushed.

  The accident was investigated by Sheriff E.B. Rawles of Nansemond County and 
by county Officers J.C. Taylor and A.C. Rawles and State traffic Sergeant 
Forbes.

  Mr. Winslow is survived by is wife and three children, Carlton, Aubrey and 
Elizabeth Winslow; his father, J.A. Winslow, and his step-mother, Mrs. 
Winslow; a brother Harvey Winslow, all of Smithfield, and a sister, Mrs. 
Eleanor Clyde Gray, of Eclipse, Nansemond.

  Funeral services for Roland L. Winslow, 35, who was accidently killed 
Friday, were held Sunday at the Smithfield Baptist Church of which he was a 
member of The Men's Baraca Bible Class, with the Rev. L.F. Paulette 
officiating.

  All seats in the church were filled and others were standing in the rear and 
vestibule.  Florial offerings were many and beautiful.

  Mrs. J.H. Carter and Mrs. Edson Skeeter, of Rescue, sang "Good Night Here 
But Good Morning Up There," accompanied by Mrs. L.F. Paulette at the organ.  A 
quartette composed of Rev. F.B. Oglesby, Rev. L.F. Paulette, Talmadge and Carl 
Gwaltney sang "In The Land Where They Never Grow Old."

  The same two ladies who sand the first duet sang "There Are No 
Disappointments in Heaven."

  Active pallbearers were L. Reid Carlisle, Jr., E.T. Swink, C.F. Joyner, F.U. 
Ross, W.G. Pearson and J.H. McLemore.

  Honorary pallbearers were Dr. Wilson Ames, V.J. Joyner, T.C. Lawson, Frank 
Carter, Dr. Rea Parker and Dr. T.H. Massey.

  Among the people from out of town who attended the services were: Captain 
and Mrs. W.B. Lawson and son, T.C. Lawson and daughter Norma Lawson, Highland 
Park, Portsmouth, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Fulgham and son Thomas and daughter 
Delmar; Norman Gimbert, Willoughby Beach; Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Bassett and 
daughter Doris, Mr. Alison and Miss Bessie Clarke, of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. 
W.E. Clarke and daughter Frances, Battery Park, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Joyner, 
Elizabeth City, N.C., Mr. and Mrs. W. Brown, Suffolk; Mr. and Mrs. T.L. 
Clarke, Baltimore, Md.  A number of the deceased relatives of Corapeake, N.C. 
were also present.

  Interment was in Ivy Hill Cemetery.


Rolland Lee WINSLOW, superintendent of VEPCO Smithfield ice plant, 
Hampton native, killed in motorcycle crash, 18 Jan 1935, Chuckatuck, age 35, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 20 Jan 1935, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 14, No. 41, Jan. 24, 1935, p. 1, col. 6 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #48: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His father & step-mother Alice (BRINKLEY) WINSLOW are buried in Eureka Baptist 
   Church Cemetery, Corapeake, Gates Co., NC.  Find a Grave has her confused 
   with Rolland's birth-mother, Viola (DOUGHTIE) WINSLOW. (Oct 2017) 


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