Nansemond-Norfolk County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Avera, Sophia A. Glaus, 1931 

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Funeral Services 

MRS. SOPHIA AVERA 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Sophia Aloise Avera were held Tuesday afternoon 
at 4 o'clock at the Cypress Chapel Christian Church, conducted by Rev. R.E. 
Brittle, assisted by the Rev. H.E. Crutchfield and the Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley. 
Members of the church choir rendered the hymns, "The Old Rugged Cross," 
"Sometime We'll Understand," and "That Beautiful City." 

  There were many handsome floral tributes, the casket being covered with a 
blanket of roses and Easter lilies. 

  Active pallbearers: C.B. Benton, B.T. Benton, C.W. Benton, M.H. Williams, 
J.S. Williams, W.F. Pierce, C.W. Austin, J.C. Taylor.  Friends of the family 
were honorary pallbearers. 

  Interment was made in the church cemetery. 


Sophia Aloise (GLAUS; Mrs. James Edwin) AVERA, 
b. 27 Sep 1900, Ahoskie, Hertford Co., NC, 
suicide 16 Aug 1931, Cradock, Norfolk Co., 
interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 18 Aug 1931, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 9, No. 127, Wed., Aug. 19, 1931, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 

Her gravestone does not show her married name; a photo of it - added by 
   Hixburg23958 - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #103615826. 

Her parents, Frank Andreas & Mary Elizabeth (ROUNTREE) GLAUS, and her brother 
   Joe are also buried there.  Frank was a native of Germany. 

D.Cert. 19936 (Cradock #19) gives Sophia Eloise. 

Sophia & James m. 25 Oct 1930 in Portsmouth.  (Nan.Co. #214) 

James (1897 - 1949) remarried, and is buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, 
   Portsmouth. 

A published photo of Sophia's family - taken before her birth - is posted with 
   one of her brother Joe's Find a Grave Memorials, #103615585. 


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