Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Byrum, Edith L., 1940 

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EDITH LOUISE BYRUM 

  Edith Louise Byrum, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Byrum, died 
at a local hospital last night after an illness of two weeks. 

  In addition to her parents she is survived by her great grandmother, Mrs. 
Abram Brinkley; three grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Parker, and Mrs. Annie 
Byrum, and a sister, Barbara Ann Byrum, all of near Cypress Chapel. 

  The body was taken to the funeral home of I.O. Hill & Company, where funeral 
services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. R.E. 
Brittle and the Rev. B.A. Mitchell. 

  Burial will be in the Cypress cemetery. 

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Edith Louise Byrum 

  Funeral services for three-year-old Edith Louisa Byrum were conducted 
yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the funeral home of I.O. Hill & Company, 
by the Rev. R.E. Brittle.  Mrs. A.E. Byrum, Miss Odell Byrum and Rev. R.E. 
Brittle accompanied by Miss Mary Jones, sang "Sometime We'll Understand," 
"When He Cometh" and "Safe In The Arms Of Jesus." 

  A pall of pink rosebuds, and white pompom dahlias covered the casket. 
Active pallbearers: Herbert Stone, Ernest Johnson, Ray Willis, Sully 
Culpepper, Don Jordan, Buddy Bradshaw, James W. Wilkins and Ralph Brinkley. 
Honorary pallbearers were twelve little girls. 

  Interment was in the Cypress Chapel cemetery.  


Edith Louise BYRUM, daughter of Joseph Mack Sr. & Edith Irene (PARKER) BYRUM, 
b. 1 Mar 1937, Nansemond Co., d. 17 Sep 1940, Suffolk, 
interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 19 Sep 1940, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 18, No. 152, Wed., Sep. 18, 1940, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 18, No. 154, Fri., Sep. 20, 1940, p. 8, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #103521590, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Additional information: 

Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #103521590. 

D.Cert. 20865 (Suffolk #282) 

Her parents are buried in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 


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