Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brinkley, Abram D. Sr., 1929 

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ABRAM BRINKLEY LONG ILL, DIES 

Native of North Carolina But Prominent In Business Circles Of Suffolk, 
   Passes Away At Catawba Sanatorium Yesterday. 

  Abram D. Brinkley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brinkley, of Corapeake, 
died Sunday afternoon at Catawba Sanatorium after a lingering illness. 
Mr. Brinkley was 60 years of age and had long been prominent in the 
business world of this city and was a prominent citizen of this section. 

  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Rosa Ellis Brinkley, two sons, Alton 
and A.D. Brinkley, Jr., five sisters, Mrs. George T. Poison, of Whaleyville; 
Mrs. Charles Brinkley, of Corapeake; Mrs. George E. Branton, of Cradock; 
Mrs. Carey Lynch and Miss Bertha Brinkley, of Corapeake; and three brothers, 
Norman K. Brinkley and Richard Brinkley, both of Norfolk, and Hurley Brinkley, 
of Corapeake. 

  The body arrived in the city this morning, and funeral services will be held 
tomorrow afternoon, with G.L. Brantley, C.D. King, W.P. Ellis, A.W. Ballard, 
E.E. Jones, B.D. Crocker, George Whitley and Ira P. Brinkley serving as active 
pallbearers.  Honorary pallbearers will be, W.R. Mitchell, Felix Brinkley, 
F.C. Rawles, Dr. D.L. Harrell, Dr. David Rawles, J.W. Brinkley, W.A. Pharis, 
J.A. Parker, Charles Andrews, W.B. Ferguson, P.T. Cahoon, W.J. Rhodes, C.W. 
Harrell and C.R. High.


Abram Daniel BRINKLEY, Sr., of Suffolk, merchant, 
b. 5 Jul 1879, NC*, d. 14 Jul 1929, Roanoke Co., 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery**, Suffolk, 16 Jul 1929, 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 114, July 15, 1929, p. 8, col. 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 

*D.Cert. 18861 (Catawba #33) gives b. VA. 

His widow remarried to widower George C. BRADSHAW but is buried with Abram. 
   George is buried in Block P, Lot 45. 


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