Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Austin, Marvin B., 1930 

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Austin Funeral Is Attended By Many 

  Funeral services for M.B. Austin were held Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock 
at the residence, 141 Charles street, conducted by the Rev. H.J. Goodwin, 
assisted by the Rev. H.S. Hardcastle. 

  A quartet composed of Miss Sara Howard, Mrs. W.A. Hart, Alwyn Howell and 
J.N. Alexander, accompanied by Alton Howell, rendered the hymns, "The Rugged 
Cross" and "There Will Be No Parting There."  Mrs. W.A. Hart and Alton Howell 
sang "No Night There" as a duet.  There were many beautiful floral designs. 

  Active pallbearers were A.T. Austin, H.W. Austin, F.A. Jones, R.T. Piland, 
O.C. Piland, P.O. Piland, J.S. Gwaltney, A.I. Hines.  Honorary: G.E. Keller, 
R.L. Smith, B.G. Carroll, E.H. Eley, Cecil Eley, W.T. Washington, E.W. 
Simpson, C.C. Duke, C.J. Duke, H.S. Smith, H.V. Taylor, J.E. Gayle, Russell 
Eley, Randolph Chapman, E.B. Chapman, Vernon Jones, R.N. Piland, Dr. O.R. 
Yates, H.A. Lankford, Floyd Briggs, C.A. Ragsdale, J.A. Ellis, S.J. Smith, 
Clarence Sutton, E.M. Pardue, Walter Goodwin, Marion Taylor, George Jackson, 
W.C. Moore, R.T. Gilliam, R.E. Martin, W.R. Milteer, F.A. Spady, J.T. Johnson, 
H.T. Chappell, H.L. Beamon, W.C. Stephenson, E. McClenny, M.E. Godwin, H.C. 
Hall, R.E. Hogsden, N.H. Byrd, J.R. Chapman, E.E. Jones, J.B. Archer, J.H. 
Powell and E. A. Bowman. 

  Interment was made in Cedar Hill cemetery. 


Marvin Bernice AUSTIN, salesman, 
b. 24 Oct 1900, Nansemond Co., d. 16 Jan 1930, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (unmarked*), Suffolk, 19 Jan 1930, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 273, Mon., Jan. 20, 1930, p. 3 

*His parents are also buried there; apparently none of his family are marked. 
   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. 1474 (Suffolk #13) gives son of W.A. & Otelia (PIERCE) AUSTIN - all 
   b. Nansemond Co.; d. of Meningitis, having recovered from a fall from an 
   automobile about 2 weeks previously, injuring his lower spine. 

The obit of his father William Archie AUSTIN (1857 - 1923) appeared in the 
   "Virginian-Pilot," Jan. 21, 1923. 

His widowed mother (1869 - 1938) 2m. widower Frank Walter CROSS (1848-1932), 
   4 Dec 1901, in Suffolk.  Frank is buried in Block D, Lot 71. 

Marvin m. Mary Elizabeth PILAND, daughter of Robert Starkey & "Mollie" 
   Mary Frances (DUKE) PILAND, 23 Dec 1922 in Suffolk. 
   (Suffolk M.Reg. {BVS copy} p. 3 #31) 
   Ancestry.com VA M.Regs. 1853 - 1935 gives his mother as Otelia SESSOMS - 
   surname transposed from the entry above. 

Mary's parents are buried in Block M, Lot 5. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

Mary (1904 - 1982) 2m. Bert DUNN.  They appear in the 1940 Census 
   at 558 Broadway St., San Diego, San Diego Co., CA.  She d. 10 Jul 1982 
   in San Diego. 


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