Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Yeoman, M. Elizabeth Batten, 1933 

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Mrs. Bessie Yeoman 

  Mrs. Bessie Batten Yeoman, wife of Benjamin Yeoman, of Isle of Wight County, 
died in a Newport News hospital Sunday.  She was 52 years old.  Survivors, 
besides her husband, include four daughters, Misses Elizabeth, Lucy, Katherine 
and Margaret Yeoman; two sons, Wilson and George Yeoman; her mother, Mrs. Ida 
Batten, of Smithfield; three sisters, Mrs James P. Cox of Smithfield, Mrs. 
B.B. Briggs of Suffolk, and Mrs. Fred Dean, of Roanoke; two brothers, J. Allen 
Batten of Richmond and Raymond N. Batten of Norfolk. 

  Funeral services were held at the residence Tuesday morning at 1 o'clock 
with the Rev. L.O. Wilburn conducting the service.  Burial was in Old St. 
Luke's Cemetery. 


Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" (BATTEN; Mrs. Benjamin) YEOMAN, 
b. 17 May 1881, Isle of Wight Co., d. 30 Jul 1933, Newport News, 
interred in Old St. Luke's Church Cemetery*, Benns Church, 1 Aug 1933, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 13, No. 17, Thurs., Aug. 3, 1933, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #17: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Her parents, George Wesley & Ida (CHAPMAN) BATTEN, are also buried there. 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with Find a Grave 
   Memorial #5137534.  

D.Cert. 14913 (Newport News #293) 

Her husband (1881 - 1977) is buried in St. Luke's Memorial Park. 
   {IWCHS GSSTF report #18} 


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