Nansemond County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bradford, Jennie W. Atkinson, 1953 

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JENNIE WILLIS ATKINSON BRADFORD 

Mrs. Russell Bradford Dies Here Unexpectedly 

  Mrs. Jennie Willis Bradford, wife of Russell T. Bradford, a Norfolk 
attorney, died this morning at 1:45 a.m. at the Norfolk General Hospital after 
an illness of a few hours. 

  A resident of Town Point, Nansemond County, she was the daughter of the late 
Dr. J.O. Atkinson and Emma Williamson Atkinson, of Elon College, N.C. 

  Surviving, in addition to hrr husband, are two daughters, Mrs. Bernard W. 
Godwin, Jr., of Suffolk, and Miss Russell Adelia Bradford of Town Point, 
Nansemond County; a brother, J.O. Atkinson, of Norfolk: two sisters, Mrs. W.E. 
McCardell, of New Oreleans, La., and Mrs. J. Davis Reed, of Princess Anne 
County; and a number of nieces and nephews. 

  An honor graduate of Elon College, N.C., she later studied at the New 
England Conservatory, in Boston, Mass., after which she made her home at Town 
Point with her aunt, Mrs. Willis J. Lea.  She was a member of the Berea 
Congregational Christian Church at Driver, where she had served for numerous 
years as organist and choir director, president of the woman's Auxiliary of 
the church, teacher of the Young peoples' Class for the past 20 years, a 
member of the finance committee and president of the district conference of 
the church and of the Woman's Board and Missionary Conference. 

  At the time of her death she was first vice-president of the Garden Club of 
Virginia and very active in the organization, having served as horticultural 
chairman and publicity director; a member of the board of directors and a past 
president of the Nansemond River Garden Club.  She was a woman of rare 
personality and charm. 

  Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at the Berea 
Congregational Christian Church with Dr. H.S. Hardcastle officiating. 
Interment will take place in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. 

  Yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Bradford, her daughter, Miss Russell Bradford, and 
Miss Carroll Godwin, were hostesses at a luncheon at the Bradford home in 
honor of Miss Annah Eberwine, Portsmouth debutante.  It is reported that Mrs. 
Bradford was taken ill soon after giving the party. 

[photo, captioned:] 
    Mrs. Russell T. Bradford 

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 Mrs. Jennie Willis A. Bradford 

  Suffolk, Jan. 2. - Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Willis Atkinson Bradford 
were conducted at the Berea Congregational Christian Church in Driver Saturday 
at 2:30 p.m. by Dr. H.S. Hardcastle, pastor, and Dr. I.W. Johnson.  Active 
pallbearers were Vernon G. Eberwine, Barron Black, Colgate W. Darden, Charles 
B. Godwin, Jack W. Nurney, Jr., T.H. Birdsong, Jr., Jodie C. Mathews and 
Kenneth E. Brinkley.  Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk.  Friends of 
the family served as honorary pallbearers. 

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Rites Held For Mrs. Jennie Bradford 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Willis Atkinson Bradford, of Town Point. 
Nansemond County, who died early Thursday morning at the Norfolk General 
Hospital, were held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Berea 
Congregational Christian Church. 

  The services were conducted by Dr. H.S. Hardcastie, church pastor, and Dr. 
I.W. Johnson.  Interment took place in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Mrs. J.R. Vick, accompanied by Mrs. I.W. Johnson, sang "My Jesus, I Love 
Thee." 

  The pall was of red roses, gardenias and yew. 

  Pallbearers were Vernon G. Eberwine, Barron F. Black, Colgate W. Darden. 
Charles B. Godwin, Jack W. Nurney, Jr., T.H. Birdsong, Jr., Jodie C. Mathews 
and Kenney E. Brinkley. 


Jennie Willis (ATKINSON; Mrs. Russell Taliaferro) BRADFORD, 
b. 29 Aug 1897, Nansemond Co., d. 31 Dec 1953, Norfolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 2 Jan 1954, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 31, No. 308, Thurs., Dec. 31, 1953, p. 1; 
"Norfolk Virginian-Pilot," Vol. 210, No. 3, Sun., Jan. 3, 1954, pt. 4, p. 8 
   {image 56}; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 32, No. 1, Sun., Jan. 3, 1954, p. 2 

*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 #136015371. 

D.Cert. 29742 (Norfolk #10) 

Her husband was an Army veteran of WW-I.  His photo - added by Anonymous - 
   and the text of his obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Oct. 4, 1968, p. 31) are 
   posted with Find a Grave Memorial #136015378. 

Her parents are buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Elon, Alamance Co., NC. 


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