Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Britt, Lula Vanderslice, 1945 

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LULA VANDERSLICE BRITT

   Suffolk - May 20 - Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Vanderslice Britt, 
prominent State, national and local church leader, were conducted Sunday at 
3:30 p.m. at Main Street Methodist Church, by the pastor, Dr. A.L. Franklin, 
district superintendent, Dr. John Paul Tyler and the Rev. F.L. Baker, pastor 
of Oxford Methodist Church.

   Members of State, district and local church organizations, of the Suffolk 
Woman’s Club and the Suffolk Literary Club attended the services in a body, 
and the pall, made of Madonna lilies, white iris and carnations, was sent by 
the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of Virginia Methodist Conference.

   Active pallbearers were W.E. Deaton, of Joliet, Ill.; H.P. Vanderslice, of 
Hampton; Howard Gwaltney, of Smithfield; W.S. Beamon, Jr., W.T. Myrick, Paul 
Van Valkenburgh, Dr. T. Wood Campbell, and Earle W. Elmore.

   Members of the Board of Stewards and of the Board of Trustees of Main 
Street Methodist Church, Dr. W.T. Gay, Dr. J. Roland Ellison, Dr. Charles 
Steele and Charles T. Theidick were honorary pallbearers.

   Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

   Among the out-of-town people who attended the services were Mr. and Mrs. 
Granberry E. Vanderslice, Misses Vanderslice, of Richmond; Mrs. G.K. 
Vanderslice, Harrison Vanderslice and Miss Anne Vanderslice, of Hampton; Mrs. 
George V. Deaton, of New York City; Mrs. Ferguson, of Hampton, Mrs. C.B. 
Griffith, of Newport News; Mr. and Mrs. Hoard Gwaltney, of Smithfield; Mrs. 
Fred Burnett of Asheville, N.C., and Mrs. M.F. Langhorne, of Smithfield.

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MRS. LULA V. BRITT BURIED SUNDAY; PROMINENT LEADER 

   Suffolk, May 20 - Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Vanderslice Britt, 
prominent State, national and local church leader, were conducted Sunday at 
3:30 P.M. at Main Street Methodist Church, by the pastor, Dr. A.L. Franklin, 
district superintendent, Dr. John Paul Tyler and the Rev. F.L. Baker, pastor 
of Oxford Methodist Church.

   Members of State, district and local church organizations of the Suffolk 
Woman’s Club and the Suffolk Literary Club attended the services in a body, 
and the pall made of Madonna lilies, white iris and carnations, was sent by 
the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of Virginia Methodist Conference.

   Active pallbearers were W.E. Deaton, of Joliet, Ill.; H.P. Vanderslice, of 
Hampton; Howard Gwaltney of Smithfield; W.S. Beamon, Jr.; W.T. Myrick, Paul 
Van Valkenburgh, Dr. T. Wood Campbell and Earle W. Elmore.

   Members of the Board of Stewards and of the Board of Trustees of Main 
Street Methodist Church, Dr. W.T. Gay, Dr. J. Roland Ellison, Dr. Charles 
Steele and Charles T. Theidick were honorary pallbearers.

   Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

   Surviving her are four daughters, Mrs. A.V. Deaton, Mrs. William S. Beamon 
and Mrs. William S. Cross of Suffolk and Mrs. M.F. Langhorne of Smithfield; a 
brother, Grenberry G. Vanderslice of Richmond as well as several nieces and 
nephews and grand nieces and nephews. 


Lula (VANDERSLICE IVEY; Mrs. Lee) BRITT, 
b. 24 Aug 1863, Nelson Co., 17 May 1945, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, 20 May 1945, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), May 21, 1945; 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 28, No. 8, May 23, 1945, p. 1, col. 8 

Birthplace &c. from D.Cert. #10218 (Suffolk #161), which gives dt/o 
   Rev. George C. Vanderslice, D.D., b. Richmond, and Nannie Pettit 
   Vanderslice, b. Nelson Co. 

A 1920 portrait appears online, in the Library of Virginia (LVA) & Suffolk 
   Public Library's Hamblin Studio Photograph Collection (1909-1979). 
   Search database at the LVA website for Subject "Britt, Mrs. Lee": 
   http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/online_photo_collections 

Her second husband's obit ("Smithfield Times," Jan. 30, 1936) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b630l6ob.txt 


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