Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brandon, Margaret M. Gobbel, 1946 

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MRS. BRANDON SERVICES HELD 

Conducted At Methodist Church 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Gobbel Brandon, who died Friday night at 
the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Walter G. Gobbel, were conducted at 
3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Main Street Methodist Church by Rev. 
John Blakemore, pastor. 

  The casket was covered with a pall of white chrysanthemums and red 
carnations, and active pallbearers were Dr. G.G. Overholt and E.H. Lane, Jr., 
of Alta Vista, Dr. W.T. Gay, Dr. J. Parker Cross, William Birdsong, A.I. 
Hines, Jr., Floyd Benton, Dr. O.R. Yates, E.V. Welch and W.S. Cross, Jr. 
Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Among the out-of-town relatives and friends who came to the services were 
Dr. and Mrs. Luther Gobbel and Miss Rachel Gobbel, of Greensboro, N.C.; Mr. 
and Mrs. Temple Gobbel, of Chapel Hill, N.C.; J.H. Gobbel, of Spencer, N.C.; 
Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Young, of Salisbury, N.C.; Mr. and Mrs. P.L. Massey, of High 
Point, N.C.; Mrs. Hargrave Howell, of Goldsboro, N.C.; Commander and Mrs. J.E. 
Whitener, of Washington, D.C.; Miss Sara Ellen Whitener, of Washington, D.C.; 
Mrs. H.M. McElrath, William and John MeElrath, of Macon, Ga. 

  Mrs. Lee Huntsman and Mrs. Landon Hagey, of Bristol; Mr. and Mrs. Lucius 
McElrath, of Portsmouth; Mrs. Hugh McElrath, of Sandersville, Ga.; Dr. and 
Mrs. E.C. Brandon, of Bedford; Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Brandon, of Thomasville, 
N.C.; Dr. and Mrs. Overholt and E.H. Lane of Alta Vista; Miss Mary Anne Clark, 
of Washington, D.C.; Dr. and Mrs. P.F. Praither, of Hagerstown, Md. 


Margaret McElrath (GOBBEL; Mrs. John Wesley) BRANDON, 
b. 5 Sep 1923, Suffolk, d. 1 Nov 1946, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block W, Lot 18*), Suffolk, 3 Nov 1946, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 188, Mon., Nov. 4, 1946, p. 3 

*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 her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #92726729. 

Her parents are buried in the same lot. 

D.Cert. 23783 (Suffolk #293) 

She m. 15 Jun 1946 (Suffolk #104) 

Her widower (1914-1992) remarried.  He is buried in Mapleview Cemetery, 
   Smyrna, Rutherford Co., TN. 


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