Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barrett, Emily S. Everett, 1921 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Mrs. J. Pressly [sic; Pressley] Barrett. NORFOLK, VA., Oct. 26.- Mrs. J. Pressly Barrett, wife of Rev. J.P. Barrett, who formerly was pastor of the Memorial Christian Temple of Norfolk, died yesterday afternoon at the home of of her daughter, Mrs. Bun Hearne, of Wilson, N.C. She formerly was Miss Emma Everett, of Drivers, Va. Rev. J.P. Barrett recently had resumed his charge at Holland, Va., and, with his wife, living in Wilson, N.C., with their daughter. During his pastorate in Norfolk his wife was an active worker in the Sunday school of that church. Mrs. Barrett is survived by her hushand; one daughter, Mrs. Bun Hearne, and one brother, M. Everett, of Drivers. Funeral services will be held in Suffolk Thursday afternoon. Emily S. (EVERETT; Mrs. Rev. Jno. Pressley) BARRETT, Drivers native, d. 25 Oct 1921, at daughter's home, Wilson, NC, age 64, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block F, Lot 108*), Suffolk, "Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Oct. 27, 1921, p. 6, col. 5 online as part of the Library of Virginia's Virginia Chronicle newspaper database, at: https://virginiachronicle.com/ *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 parents, Elisha & Eliza Ann (VAUGHAN) EVERETT, are in Block F, Lot 107. http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_d.txt Her husband remarried after Emily's death. He 1m. her sister E. Adelaide EVERETT. Adelaide, their bro Elisha Lee, and their father (& others) were moved to Cedar Hill from Willow Hill Cemetery, Apr 1900; article ("Virginian-Pilot," Apr. 21, 1900, p. 9) posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/e163e2ob.txt There is is also BARRETT family cemetery on Babbtown Rd., near Carolina Rd., surrounded by an iron fence, whose gate reads, "REV. J. PRESSLEY BARRETT 1881." Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol2.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b630e8ob.txt