Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Braswell, D. Staley, 1963 

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Rites Held For D. S. Braswell, 51, of Windsor 

  WINDSOR - Funeral services for Doctor Staley Braswell were conducted today 
at 4:30 p.m. in the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert Hugh Lassiter, pastor 
of Antioch Christian Church.  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 

  Pallbearers were Leroy Bracey, Francis Holland, Edwin Stephenson, Charles 
Harmon, Frank Brown, Harvey Griffin, Otis Holland and Clyde Vaughan. 

  Mr. Braswell, 51, of Windsor, died Monday in a Norfolk hospital after a 
short illness. 

  He was a native of Isle of Wight County and was a sheet metal worker at 
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company and was a member of Antioch 
Christian Church.  He was a son of Mrs. Alice Bracey Braswell of Windsor and 
the late William Henry Braswell. 

  He is survived by his mother [sic*]; his widow, Mrs. Bunie Turner Braswell; 
three daughters, Mrs. John R. Spivey and Mrs. Robert Otis Holland of Windsor 
and Mrs. Edwin J. Joyner of Franklin; a foster son, Thomas Wayne Turner of 
the home; a sister, Mrs. R.L. Turner of Portsmouth; and two brothers, M.S. 
Braswell of Windsor and John Braswell of Chesapeake; and six grandchildren. 


Doctor Staley BRASWELL, NNS&DD sheet-metal worker, 
b. 12 Sep 1912, Isle of Wight Co., d. 14 Oct 1963, Norfolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 16 Oct 1963, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 41, No. 248, Wed., Oct. 16, 1963, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #190189526. 

D.Cert. 27609 (Norfolk #2255) states he died of pneumonia, but was suffering 
   from a chronic subdural hematoma, from being a pedestrian struck by an 
   automobile 23 Aug 1963 in Newport News. 

His parents are buried in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor. 
   Antioch list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Aug. 27, 1984, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/b624b3ob.txt 

His mother actually d. 3 Feb 1947.  Her obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," 
   Feb. 6, 1947, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b624n2ob.txt 

His father's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," Feb. 1962) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b624w1ob.txt 

His step-mother, Maude (GRIGGS STANLEY) BRASWELL (1896 - 1973), is buried with 
   her first husband in Woodland Methodist Church Cemetery.  {IWCHS GSSTF #24} 
   Her parents, "Thad" Thaddeus Augustus & Sarah Annie (HOLLAND) GRIGGS, 
   are also buried at Antioch. 


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