Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bradshaw, Crawley C., 1949 

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CRAWLEY COLUMBUS BRADSHAW 

C.C. BRADSHAW DIES NEAR DRIVER 

  Crawley Columbus Bradshaw, 40 died suddenly last night at his home in 
Nansemond County, near Driver. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella May Bradshaw of Driver, two sons, 
Fenton Lee Bradshaw and James C. Bradshaw, both of Portsmouth; a daughter, 
Mrs. Melvin Wright of Eclipse; four grandchildren, Fenton Lee Bradshaw, Jr., 
Jane Ellen Bradshaw and Richmond Heyman, all of Portsmouth, and Wayne Wright 
of Eclipse; three brothers, Clarence and M. Lee Bradshaw, both of Suffolk and 
R.W. Bradshaw of Reid's Ferry; two sisters, Mrs. Wilbur Darden of Reid's Ferry 
and Mrs. Pearl Bass of Courtland; his stepmother, Mrs. A.F. Bradshaw of 
Norfolk. 

  He was a member of the Oakland Christian Church. 

  The body was taken in the Baker Funeral Home where it will remain until 
Friday.  It will then be taken to the Oakland Christian Church for funeral 
services at 2 o'clock. 

  Dr. I.W. Johnson and Dr. N.G. Newman will have charge of the service. 
Burial will follow in the church cemetery. 


Crawley Columbus BRADSHAW, farm foreman, 
b. 16 Mar 1889, Southampton Co.*, d. 20 Sep 1949, at home, near Driver, 
interred in Newman Memorial Cemetery*, Oakland Christian Church, Chuckatuck, 
   22 Sep 1949, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 26, No. 143, Wed., Sep. 21, 1949, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

A photo of his gravestone - added by SweetGoldfish - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #157243336. 

His parents, "Mark" Marcus D. & Anna (COBB) BRADSHAW, are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 20942 (Chuckatuck #253) gives b. Isle of Wight Co. 

He 1m. Ella Jane GRIFFIN (1893 - 1916), daughter of James W. "Tony & 
   Ella Jane (BLYTHE) GRIFFIN, 15 Aug 1914, in Suffolk.  (Nansemond Co. #103) 

Her obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Aug. 17, 1916) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b632e18o.txt 

He 2m. her sister Ella Mae GRIFFIN (1895 - 1972) 27 Dec 1916. 
   (Nansemond Co. #196) 

Both wives are also buried there. 

Their parents are buried in a GRIFFIN family cemetery, Story Station Rd. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 5 (MV-V-9): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol5.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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