Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brinkley, Sarah E. Rogers, 1916 

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SARAH ELIZABETH ROGERS BRINKLEY 

    MRS. SARAH E. 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 Parker [sic; 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 grandchildren, three boys and four girls. 

  The funeral services will be conducted at the Liberty Spring Christian 
Church by the Rev. I.W. Johnson, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. Dr. 
W.W. Staley, pastor 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. 


Sarah Elizabeth (ROGERS; Mrs. Lazarus Parke) BRINKLEY, 
b. 7 Oct 1845, Nansemond Co., d. 11 Mar 1916, at son's home, Nansemond Co., 
interred in BRINKLEY family cemetery*, Desert Rd., 
marked in Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery*, 
"Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 53, No. 73, Sun., March 12, 1916, 
   p. 18 

*Additional information: 

Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (NV-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 in Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery. 
   Liberty Spring list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/liberty.txt 

A photo of her gravestone at Liberty Spring - added by Rootsrcher - 
   is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #32816952, which gives her maiden name 
   as RODGERS - what is shown on her gravestone. 

D.Cert. 7247 (Cypress #6) 

Her husband was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. I, 
   24th VA Cavalry. 

His obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Nov. 25, 1910, p. 9) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b652p7ob.txt 

She was the daughter of Jonathan and Mary Eliza (GASKINS) ROGERS. 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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