Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brinkley, M. Burgess, 1930 

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Burgess Brinkley Undergoes Operation 

  Burgess Brinkley, popular local high school boy who has been extremely ill 
for the past several weeks at his home on Chestnut street, underwent a slight 
operation yesterday when attending physicians inserted a tube to drain the 
plural [sic; pleural] cavity.  It is said that he rested fairly well last 
night, however the doctors are still uncertain as to the outcome of his 
illness.

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BURGESS BRINKLEY LOSES TO DEATH AFTER LONG FIGHT 

Popular Suffolk High School Senior Yields Battle to Grim Reaper 
   Following Illness of Weeks Which He Endured Valiantly. 

  Marvin Burgess Brinkley, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira P. Brinkley, died at 
his home on Chestnut street last night at 6 o'clock, after a valiant but 
losing fight against blood poisoning which he contracted over four weeks ago. 
Suffolk high school Jefferson school will be closed at 1:30 tomorrow as a 
token of respect to Burgess who was president of the senior Class, captain of 
the basketball team, chairman of the high school annual board, a member of 
the staff of the "Peanut Hull," an outstanding athlete and one of the most 
popular students of the school. 

  He is survived by his parents, two brothers, Ira P. Brinkley, Jr., and 
Pretlow M. Brinkley; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Phillip Brinkley, and his 
maternal grandfather, D.J. Murphy, and the following aunts and uncles: Oscar 
Brinkley, of Roanoke; P.S. Brinkley, Mrs. Andrew Tyree, Mrs. J.E. Crocker, 
Mrs. Lydia M. Watkins and Miss Hattie Murphy, all of Suffolk; P.H. Murphy, of 
Rescue, and L.M. Murphy, of Newport News. 

  Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 from the 
Suffolk Christian Church by the Rev. H.S. Hardcastle, assisted by the Rev. 
Dr. W.W. Staley and the Rev. Dr. H. E. Cromer.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill 
cemetery. 

  Active pallbearers will be Mac Birdsong, Richard Pond, W.T. Pond, Fred 
Pollard, Jacob Woodward, Harry Murphy, Charles Wilson and A.D. Brinkley, Jr. 
All senior students, both boys and girls, will act as an escort for the body. 
Friends of the family have been asked to act as honorary pallbearers.


Marvin Burgess BRINKLEY, son of Ira Philip Sr. & Ethel Ruth (MURPHY) BRINKLEY, 
b. 28 Feb 1913, Suffolk, d. 31 Mar 1930, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 66*), Suffolk, 1 Apr 1930, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 8, No. 5, Mar. 27, 1930, p. 3, col. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 8, No. 9, Apr. 1, 1930, p. 8, col. 4 

*Additional information: 

A small photo was included with the obit. 

His parents & paternal grandparents are also buried there. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

His father's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," May 1, 1945, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b652i2ob.txt 

His maternal grandparents, Daniel Jackson & Mary Virginia "Vergie" (BUTLER) 
   MURPHY, are buried in Whitehead's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #73: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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