Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Byrd, L. Antoinette Franklin, 1946 

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MRS. NETTIE BYRD 

  SUFFOLK, March 7. - Mrs. Nettie Byrd, wife of J.H. Byrd, of Suffolk, died at 
1:30 p.m. yesterday in Baltimore, Md., after a long illness. 

  The daughter of the late Jethro and Julian [sic; Julia Ann] Brinkley 
Franklin, of Nansemond County, she was a member of the Suffolk Christian 
Church, a charter member of the Ladies' Benevolent and Social Union, and 
Woman's Missionary Society of the church.  For many years she was owner of 
a hat shop in Suffolk. 

  Mrs. Byrd is survived by her husband; a daughter, Mrs. J.P. Shearer, of 
Washington, D.C.; a son, Ralph H. Byrd, of Evanston, Ill., and a sister, Miss 
Dianah [sic; Diana] Franklin, of Richmond. 

  Funeral services wil be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Baker Funeral Home 
with Dr. John G. Truitt officiating.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


Laura Antoinette "Nettie" (FRANKLIN; Mrs. John Hamilton) BYRD, 
   retired milliner, 
b. 1862*, Nansemond Co., d. 6 Mar 1946, Baltimore, MD, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block W, Lot 48*), 8 Mar 1946, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 308, Thurs., Mar. 7, 1946, p. 3 

*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 #92756518. 

The 1900 Census - Suffolk, Nansemond Co. - gives b. Jan 1871; m. 11 years, 
   2 of 2 children surviving. 

The 1940 Census - Suffolk, Nansemond Co. - gives age 78. 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Dec. 16 & 19, 1948) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b630j19o.txt 

Her parents, Jethro Riddick FRANKLIN & his second wife Julia Ann BRINKLEY, 
   are buried in Block D, Lot 104: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_d.txt 

Her father (1822 - 1904) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. I, 41st VA Infantry.  His obit ("Norfolk Landmark," June 22, 1904, 
   p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/f652j8ob.txt 


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