Nansemond-Mecklenburg County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Briggs, Ada Overton, 1939 

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"ADA" ADELINE OVERTON BRIGGS 

Mrs. William Briggs Dies, Funeral Sunday 

  Mrs. William Briggs, for many years a resident of 8uffolk, died last night 
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lacy Edgerton in Roanoke. 

  For many years Mrs. Briggs fostered a study of the classics among high 
school students of Suffolk, and gave a gold medal for presentation each year 
to the student with the highest average in Latin. 

  The body will arrive here Sunday afternoon at 3:58 via the Norfolk and 
Western Railway and will be carried direct to the cemetery, where services 
will be held at the grave, conducted by the Rev. A.P. Thompson. 

  Active pallbearers will be: R.R. Harrell, J.B. Crocker, H.H. Powell, E.P. 
Trotman, J.M. Lovelace and J.V. Powell. 


"Ada" Adeline (OVERTON; Mrs. William) BRIGGS, 
b. 23 Jan 1862, Mecklenburg Co., d. 26 May 1939, at daughter's home, Roanoke, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 87*), Suffolk, 28 May 1939, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 17, No. 55, Sat., May 27, 1939, p. 1 

*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 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial 134865261. 

D.Cert. 10883 (Roanoke #344) 

Her husband's obits ("Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Feb. 9 & 10, 1920) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b620w5ob.txt 

Her parents, Dr. James David OVERTON & first wife Mary Adeline (OVERBEY) 
   OVERTON, are buried in the Peter OVERBEY family cemetery in Mecklenburg Co. 
   (Find a Grave Cemetery ID #51569) 


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