Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brinkley, Ira P., 1945 

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IRA PHILIP BRINKLEY

I.P. BRINKLEY, 69, DIED LAST NIGHT

SUCCUMBS AFTER SHORT ILLNESS

   Suffolk - May 1 - Ira Philip Brinkley, 69, died at 11 o'clock last night at 
his home on Clay Street after a short illness.

   He was the son of the late Philip B. and Armesia Franklin Brinkley of 
Nansemond County.  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ruth Murphy Brinkley, a son 
Pretlow M. Brinkley, two sisters, Mrs. J.E. Crocker and Mrs. Ruth Brinkley Tyree 
and a number of nieces and nephews.

   He was a member of the Suffolk Christian Church and the Baraca Class of the 
church.  For a number of years he was in the lumber business which was known as 
Pine Timber Mill and for the past 15 years has been in the seed business, owner 
of the Nansemond Seed Company.

   The body was taken to the R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home where it will remain 
until 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, at which time it will be taken to the residence 
on Clay Street. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon 
at the Suffolk Christian Church by Dr. John G. Truitt, pastor. Burial will be in 
Cedar Hill Cemetery.


Ira Philip BRINKLEY [Sr.], owner of Nansemond Seed, former lumberman, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 30 Apr 1945, Suffolk, age 69, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 66*), Suffolk, 2 May 1945, 
"The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," May 1, 1945, p. 8 

*His parents are buried in Blcok A, Lot 43.  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 mother's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Mar. 27, 1937, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b652a5ob.txt 
 

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