Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Brinkley, Annie L. Wilkins, 1900 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ SUFFOLK. A Serious Turn in Isle of Wight Oyster Cases. Judge Atkinson Refuses to Admit Certain Testimony - Death of Nathaniel Wright - Paralyzed - An Elopement - A Hunting Story. (Special to Virginian-Pilot.) Suffolk, Va., Dec. 14. - [...] A LADY PARALYZED. Mrs. Felix Brinkley lies at her home on Kilby street unable to move hand or foot. She was today paralyzed on both sides. [...] ****************************************************************************** SUFFOLK NEWS. Death of Mrs. Annie Brinkley, a Well Known Lady. The Isle of Wight Oyster Cases Again - Charged With Stealing - A Plate Glass Broken - Hymeneal - Lodge Regalia Wanted - Married Folks' Troubles. (Special to Virginian-Pilot.) Suffolk, Va., Dec. 18. - Mrs. Annie Brinkley, wife of Felix Brinkley, a hardware merchant of East Washington street, whose home is on West Kilby street, died about 10 o'clock tonight as a result of paralysis. The deceased suffered a paralytic stroke on both sides last Friday morning. The deceased was a daughter of Josiah Wilkins. A husband and two small children, a son and daughter, survive her. [...] ****************************************************************************** Obituaries. [...] At her home on Kilby street, Suffolk, Va., Dec. 18, 1900, Mrs. Annie L. Brinkley, the beloved wife of Bro. Felix Brinkley and second daughter of the late beloved deacon, Josiah Wilkins, aged 36 years, 9 months acd 8 days. She was a good Christian and faithful in all the relationships of life. She made a profession of religion when a mere child and united with Cypress Chapel Christian church. Sister Brinkley will be greatly missed, but our loss has been her gain. Her funeral services were conducted at her old church, Cypress Chapel, by her pastor, in the presence of many weeping friends. Annie Lucretia (WILKINS; Mrs. Felix) BRINKLEY, b. 10 Mar 1864, Nansemond Co., d. 18 Dec 1900, at home, Suffolk, interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, "Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 7, No. 63, Sat., Dec. 15, 1900, p. 8; "Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 7, No. 66, Wed., Dec. 19, 1900, p. 8; "Christian Sun" (Elon College, NC), Vol. LIV, No. 3, Thurs., Jan. 17, 1902, p. 4 https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn93062839/1901-01-17/ed-1/seq-4/ *Additional information: Her parents are also buried there. Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt Photos of her gravestone - added by Charles Baker, Emily & Jake Dog - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #25677230. Her husband (1860 - 1942) is buried with his second wife in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block A, Lot 8. Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt Her father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. I, 41st VA Infantry. He was also a deacon at Cypress Chapel. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b624a1ob.txt