Nansemond-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Boothe, Walter W., 1950 

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Rites Tomorrow For W. W. Boothe 

  Funeral services for Walter W. Boothe, a former resident of Wakefield who 
died yesterday morning in a Williamsburg hospital, will be held tomorrow 
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Baker Funeral Home. 

  The Rev. J.E. Sandridge, pastor of the Trinity Baptist Church, Norfolk, will 
officiate at the services.  Burial will follow in the R.F. Eley Cemetery near 
Myrtle. 

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Walter W. Boothe Buried at Myrtle 

  Funeral services for Walter W. Boothe, who died Thursday morning at a 
Williamsburg hospital, were held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the 
Baker Funeral Home with the Rev. J.E. Sandridge, pastor of the Trinity Baptist 
Church, Norfolk, officiating. 

  J.E. Baines sang "Sunrise" as a solo.  Another solo, "Abide With Me," was 
sung by Mrs. James R. Grant. 

  The pall was of Easter lilies, white carnations and red roses.  Pallbearers 
were R.H. Archer, Clinton Eley, Marvin Eley, Emory Eley, Godwin Butler, 
Quinton Brothers. 


Walter William BOOTHE, farmer, 
b. 2 Jan 1877*, Sussex Co., d. 1 Mar 1950, Williamsburg, 
interred in the ELEY family cemetery*, 2656 Old Myrtle Rd., 4 Mar 1950, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 26, No. 281, Fri., Mar. 3, 1950, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 26, No. 282, Sun., Mar. 5, 1950, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (NV-I-30), an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by BobbieJean - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #38917909. 

His in-laws, Richard Fastivius & "Nettie" Algenetta E. (OLIVER) ELEY, 
   are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 5836 (Williamsburg #35) 

His WW-I draft card gives b. 2 Jan 1878. 

His widow, Lucy Ethel (ELEY) BOOTHE, is buried in Western Branch Baptist 
   Church Cemetery - Row 2, Plot 10. 
   Western Branch list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.txt 

They m. 28 Dec 1921, in Norfolk.  (Nansemond Co. #238) 

His parents, William Henry & Mary Lenetta "Nettie" (PRESSON) BOOTHE, 
   are buried in Wakefield Cemetery. 
   Wakefield list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His father (1845 - 1910) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. D, 44th VA Battalion [Infantry Reserves.] 


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