Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bland, Ocie O., 1918 

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          OCIE O. BLAND 

  Suffolk, Oct. 31. - Ocie O. Bland, who has been ill for the past several 
years, died today at his home on Spring Street in the 47th year of his age. 
He is survived by one daughter, Miss Mary Bland, and two sons, Ocie Bland, 
Jr. [sic*], and Burwell Bland; two sisters, Mrs. W.J. Hill, of Como, N.C., 
and Mrs. R.O. Hill, of Como, N.C., and one brother, W E. Bland. 

  He was a member of the Woodmen of the World and of the Order of Odd Fellows, 
and also of the Baptist church. 

  The funeral services will be held Friday afternoon [1 Nov 1918] at 1 o'clock 
at the residence on Spring Street, and the interment will be in Cedar Hill 
cemetery, conducted by Rev. G.T. Lumpkin, assisted by Dr. W.W. Staley. 


Ocie Ola BLAND, brick mason, 
b. 14 Feb 1871, Nansemond Co., d. 31 Oct 1918, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 1 Nov 1918, 
"Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 64, No. 32, Fri., Nov. 1, 1918, 
   p. 12 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of his gravestone & plot - added by AGraveStory - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #44513626. 

His Woodmen of the World monument gives wrong dates - "Feb. 8, 1872 - 
   Oct. 30, 1912." 

D.Cert. 29025 (Suffolk #223) 

His oldest son was Ocie Howell BLAND. 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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