Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ballard, Peggy Parker, 1937 

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PEGGY PARKER BALLARD

HOLLAND GIRL, 8, IS KILLED WHILE SKATING IN ROAD

KILLED BY AUTO

PEGGY PARKER BALLARD IS VICTIM OF MISHAP; NEGRO DRIVER ARRESTED

   Suffolk, Jan 30 - Peggy Parker Ballard, pretty eight year old daughter and 
only child of Mr. and Mrs. Holland Ballard, was struck by an automobile driven 
by William Banks, Negro, aged 21 years, on the State highway near her home in 
Holland this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock and was fatally injured, dying as Dr. 
Gilmer Holland, of Holland, carrying her in his arms entered Lakeview 
Hospital, Suffolk.

   The little girl, with a number of other children, was skating on the 
highway, and had been holding on, it was stated by a witness, to a cart.  She 
turned loose, and was struck by the Banks’ car, which was coming up from the 
rear.

   Her mother and friends accompanied by Dr. Holland, rushed with her to 
Lakeview Hospital, but to no avail, the child having sustained a fractured 
skull and broken neck.

   She is survived by her parents; her grandmother, Mrs. Ada Parker, of 
Whaleyville; the following aunts, Mrs. Cyrus Brinkley and Mrs. Emmett 
Skinner, of the county; Mrs. E.T. Hobbs, of Norfolk; Miss Georgie May Parker, 
of Whaleyville, Miss Navira Ballard, of Buckhorn and Miss Olivette Ballard, of 
Norfolk.

   Immediately after the death of the little girl, a coroner’s inquest was 
held with Dr. Edward Joyner officiating.

   Banks was arrested and is held on a charge of manslaughter pending an 
investigation.

   Funeral services will be conducted Monday afternoon at Holland Christian 
Church, by the Rev. Carl R. Key, Dr. N.G. Newman and the Rev. W.H. Corbitt. 
Burial will be in Holland Cemetery.


Peggy Parker BALLARD, daughter of Holland & Lizzie (PARKER) BALLARD, 
d. 30 Jan 1937, Suffolk, age 8, 
interred in Holland Cemetery*, 1 Feb 1937, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown

*Her parents are also buried there; her mother 2m. a McCLOSKEY. 
   Holland list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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