Nansemond-Warwick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ashburn, Mollie Lassiter, 1930 

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Funeral Rites For Mrs. Mollie Ashburn 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Mollie Ashburn were held Sunday at 12 o'clock at 
the residence of her son, 1227 Hampton avenue, Newport News, Va., conducted by 
the Rev. M.F. Allen, assisted by Dr. H.S. Hardcastle.  The Christian Church 
choir, Newport News, rendered the hymn, "Face to Face," accompanied by Miss 
Ruth Holland.  "There Is No Parting in Heaven" was rendered as a duet by Miss 
Mildred and Mrs. J.W. Edwards.  Mrs. Clarence Harrell, Mrs. Telza Miller, W.W. 
Ballard, Hersey Woodward, Jr., accompanied by Mrs. C.R. Wallace, rendered the 
hymn, "Rock of Ages," at the grave. 

  Active pallbearers were W.B. Webb, R.C. Minter, I.F. Thomas, Hill Patrick, 
C.E. Vellines, Harvey Byrd, Walter Ashburn, S.H. Edwards.  Honorary: Col. J.E. 
West, Dr. D.L. Harrell, E.C. King, W.C. King, Horace Bowen, Alfred Bowen, Sr., 
F.F. Brinkley, R.F. Rodgers, J.E. Harrell, E.W. Graham, J.H. Culley, W.W. 
Ballard, W.S. Cross, M.A. Cross, T.A. Jordan, J.P. Lee and H.S. Eley. 

  Interment was made in Cedar Hill cemetery, Suffolk. 


Mollie (LASSITER; Mrs. Benjamin Franklin) ASHBURN, 
b. 26 Nov 1848*, Gatesville, Gates Co., NC, d. 16 Jan 1930, Newport News, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 49*), Suffolk, 19 Jan 1930, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 273, Mon., Jan. 20, 1930, p. 3 

*Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

D.Cert. 2443 (Newport News #16) gives b. 12 Nov 1848. 

Her parents, Riddick L. & "Love" Lovice (BEAMON) LASSITER, are buried in 
   Elmwood Cemetery, Henderson, NC. 

Her husband (1842 - 1902) was a Confederate veteran, having served as 
   a private in Co. A, 16th VA Infantry.  He was severely wounded at 
   Second Manassas.  Mollie applied for a pension 16 Jul 1926 in Warwick Co. 

They m. 13 Mar 1872 in Henderson, Vance Co., NC. 

His obits ("Richmond Dispatch," May 16, 1902, p. 1, & donated) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/a216b1ob.txt 


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