Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Aswell, Augustus G., 1939 

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A. G. ASWELL DIES AT AGE OF 65 YRS. 

Well Known Farmer Succumbs to Heart Attack; Rites Tomorrow

  Augustus G. Aswell, age 65, prominent farmer of Nansemond county, died at 7 
p.m. last night from a heart attack which developed two hours earlier. 

  Mr. Aswell is survived by six daughters, Mrs. W.N. Mathias, Corapeake, N.C., 
Mrs. Hattie Harrington, Mrs. Mary Farless, Misses Margaret and Louise Aswell, 
all of Nansemond county; Mrs. J.W. Underwood, Suffolk: two sons, D.V. Aswell, 
of Ahoskie, N.C., and Will Aswell, of Nansemond county.  Also seven 
grandchildren. 

  Two sisters, Mrs. J.F. Baines, of Whaleyville, and Mrs. Kater Brinkley, 
Portsmouth, Va.; and one half-sister, Mrs. Will Ferrell, Elizabeth City, N.C.; 
two brothers, John and James Aswell, of Corapeake; one half-brother, Archie 
Brinkley, of Portsmouth, also survive.  She leaves several nieces and nephews. 

  The body was removed to the funeral home of I.O. Hill and Company where 
funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by 
the Rev. R.E. Brittle.  Burial will be in Cypress Chapel cemetery. 

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ASWELL FUNERAL HELD THURSDAY 

Conducted at Hill Chapel; Burial In Cypress Chapel Cemetery 

  Funeral services for A.G. Aswell were held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock 
at the I.O. Hill and Company funeral home conducted by the Rev. R.E. Brittle. 

  A duet composed of Mrs. A.E. Byrum, and the Rev. R.E. Brittle, sang the 
hymns "Home of the Soul" and "Safe In The Arms of Jesus," a solo, "Sunrise," 
was sung by Mrs. A.E. Byrum, accompanied by Miss Mary Jones.  There were many 
beautiful floral tributes, and the casket was covered with a pall of Easter 
lilies and roses. 

  Active pallbearers weere G.C. Mann, V.B. Harrell, A.J. Rountree, H.W. 
Rountree, R.J. Jones, Shirley Baines, Owen Eason, Merritt Ward.  Honorary 
pallbearers were friends of the family.  Interment was made in the church 
cemetery at Cypress Chapel Church. 


Augustus Grimm ASWELL, farmer, 
b. 16 Jun 1873*, Chowan Co., NC, d. 18 Apr 1939, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, Apr. 20, 1939, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 17, No. 22, Wed., Apr. 19, 1939, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 17, No. 24, Fri., Apr. 21, 1939, p. 8 

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

His gravestone shows b. b. 16 Jun 1876.  (Find a Grave Mem. #25663441) 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 9480 (Cypress #5) 


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