Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brinkley, Horace F., 1952 

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HORACE BRINKLEY 

  Funeral services for Horace Felton Brinkley, who died Thursday morning at 
the McGuire Hospital in Richmond, were held ysterday afternoon at 4 o'clock 
at the I. O. Hill Funeral Home. 

  The Rev. D.N. Vore, pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church, and the Rev. 
R.H. Forrester, pastor of the Main Street Methodist Church, had charge of 
the services.  Interment followed in Cedar Hill Cemetery with Masonic rites 
at the graveside. 

  The Rev. Vore gave the poem "Crossing the Bar."  Mrs. Richard Solomon and 
Mrs. A.W. Ballard, Jr., accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Webb Pinner, sang 
"The Old Rugged Cross."  J.E. Baines sang as a solo "Sunrise." 

  The casket was covered with an American flag which was later replaced with 
a pall of red roses and white chrysanthemums. 

  Pallbearers were Frank Shively, Owen Burkeholder, Arthur Jones, Pretlow 
Brinkley, James Babb, C.L. Pierce, Jr., Marvin Whitley and W.S. Hines. 


Horace Felton BRINKLEY, grocery clerk, Army veteran of WW-I, 
b. 1 Jun 1892, Nansemond Co., d. 13 Nov 1952, Richmond, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 63*), Suffolk, 18 Nov 1952, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 273, Mon., Nov. 17, 1952, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #135243698. 

His parents, Felton and Elisade (VOIGHT) BRINKLEY, are buried in 
   Block I, Lot 60. 

D.Cert. 25165 (Manchester #282) 

His widow Virginia Hogue (JOHNSON) BRINKLEY (1902 - 1989) 2m. James Farrell 
   JOYNES, 8 Dec 1957, but she is buried with Horace.  Her parents & paternal 
   grandparents are buried in the same lot. 

James is buried with his first wife in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Holly Lawn list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 


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