Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brinkley, Sarah E. Rogers, 1916 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ SARAH ELIZABETH ROGERS BRINKLEY Suffolk, Va, March 11 - At the residence of her son, Fairlee Brinkley "Beechwell Farm", this morning at 3 o'clock, Mrs. Sarah E. Brinkley died in the 70th year of her age. Mrs. Brinkley was the widow of Parke Brinkley and was one of the best known citizens of the county. She is survived by one son, Fairlee Brinkley of the county, and two daughters, Mrs. B.W. Ashburn of Newport News, Va.; and Mrs. Jessie E. Harrell of Norfolk, Va.; seven grand- children, three boys and four girls. The funeral services will be conducted at the Liberty Spring Christian Church assisted by Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley, of the Suffolk Christian Church. Mrs. Sarah Brinkley was a member of Great Fork Baptist Church, having been connected with that Church for more than half a century. The pallbearers will be, Active: - C.E. Harrell, E.B. Rawles, W.A. Ellis, P.S. Harrell, P.T. Byrd, J.W. Rabey, A.J. Johnson and J.R. Holland. Honorary - Elkanah Harrell, John T. Rawles, A.H. Savage, J.S. Peele, A. T. Harrell, Y.C. Byrd, J.F. Rawles, B.P. Baker. The interment will be made in the family cemetery. - March 12, 1916. Sarah Elizabeth (ROGERS; Mrs. L. Parke) BRINKLEY, d. 11 Mar 1916, at son's home, Nansemond Co., age 70, interred in BRINKLEY family cemetery*, Desert Rd., marked in Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery**, donated obit, publication unknown *Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-11), an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt **Her husband is buried there. Liberty Spring list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/liberty.txt Find a Grave Mem. #32816952 Additional information: Wife of Lazarus Parke Brinkley. Daughter of Jonathan and Mary Eliza Rogers Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b652s3ob.txt