Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brothers, Vandalia Jones, 1928 

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VANDALIA JONES BROTHERS 

  Mrs. Vandalis [sic; Vandalia] Jones Brothers, widow of W.R. Brothers and 
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Jones of Nansemond County, died at 
her home last night after a brief illness.  She was well known in this 
locality, in which her family has held prominent positions for many 
generations.  She is survived by one daughter, Miss Elizabeth Brothers, a 
sister, Mrs. J. Irving Gillis, of Norfolk; a nephew, Joe Gillis and a 
grandniece, Mary Ellen Gillis, all of Norfolk. 

  Funeral services are to be held at the Clay Street residence, tomorrow 
afternoon.


Vandalia "Dailie" (JONES; Mrs. William R.) BROTHERS, 
b. Nov 1852, Nansemond Co., d. 4 Oct 1958, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block E, Lot 14*), Suffolk, 21 May 1939, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 6, No. 204, Tues., Nov. 6, 1928, p. 2 

*Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

Additional information: 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Allison Stec Bell - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #59729716. 

D.Cert. 25739 (no local #) 

Nickname & birthdate from 1900 Census - Suffolk, Nansemond Co.; 
   she was widowed, with 1 of 2 children surviving. 

Her mother, Mary Elizabeth (HOLLAND) JONES, & paternal aunt Sarah N. 
   (JONES; Mrs. John) DOZIER, were murdered 1 Jun 1873, at home, 
   White Marsh Rd., Cypress Dist., Nansemond Co.  Newspaper coverage 
   ("Richmond Daily Dispatch," June 3, 1873, p. 3, &c.) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/newspapers/18730603dd.txt 

They are likely buried with Dailie's brother William Thomas JONES in a 
   JONES family cemetery. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscelaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (NV-I-39), 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b636v1ob.txt