Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ballard, Annie R. Norfleet, 1948 

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ANNIE RIDDICK NORFLEET BALLARD

   Suffolk, Aug. 31 - Mrs. Annie Riddick Norfleet Ballard, 88, member of a well 
known family of Suffolk and widow of Walter W. Ballard, died at her home, 232 
North Main Street this morning at 8 o’clock after an illness of two weeks.

   She was the daughter of the late Elisha and Sarah Elizabeth Riddick Norfleet 
and was born in Nansemond County. She celebrated her 88th birthday on Monday, 
August 23.

   Mrs. Ballard was a member of Suffolk Christian Church and the Ladies 
Benevolent and Social Union of the church.

   Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. John E. Wirkley, of Oberlin, Ohio, who was at 
her bedside during her illness; a granddaughter, Mrs. Ralph Wolff, of Traverse 
City, Mich.; two grandsons, Richard B. Wirkley, of Newark, N.J., and John E. 
Wirkley, Jr., of Tucson, Ariz.; nine great-grandchildren; one brother, John B. 
Norfleet, of Suffolk; the following nieces and nephews, Mrs. J.C. West, Jr., 
Miss Katherine Brothers, and William S. Beamon, of Suffolk; Mrs. Al F. Parker, 
of San Benito, Texas; Dr. R. Fillmore Norfleet, Jr., of Woodberry Forest, and 
Henry B. Norfleet and John B. Norfleet, Jr., of Virginia Beach.

   Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at the Baker 
Funeral Home by the Rev. John B. Truitt.

   Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.


Annie Riddick (NORFLEET; Mrs. Walter W.) BALLARD, 
b. 23 Aug 1860, Nansemond Co., d. 31 Aug 1948, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 55*), Suffolk, 1 Sep 1948, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sep. 1, 1948 

*Her mother is buried in Block F, Lot 110. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

Her father is buried with his first wife in a NORFLEET family cemetery, 
   on White Marsh Rd. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. I, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," July 1936) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b463w2ob.txt 


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

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