Nansemond-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Casper, Phillip R., 1962 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Casper Child, 7, Dies in Hospital CHUCKATUCK - Philip [sic; Phillip] Ray Casper, 7, son of Mrs. Tenny Umphlette [sic; Penny Umphlett] Casper of Chuckatuck, died Thursday at Obici Memorial hospital after an illness of one day. He was born in Surry County, a son of the late James Calvin Casper, and had spent most of his life in Chuckatuck. Besides his mother he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Peggy Ann Jenkins of Santa Maria, Calif., and Miss Joyce Ray Casper of the home; four brothers, Rommie Lee Casper of Franklin and James Earl Casper, Thomas Leslie Casper and Calvin V. Casper, all of the home; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Slade Umphlette [sic; Shade Umphlett] of Suffolk, and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Nannie L. Casper of Edenton, N.C. The body was taken to the Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield. Funeral services will be announced later. Phillip Ray CASPER, son of J. Calvin & M. Penny (UMPHLETT) CASPER, b. 25 Feb 1955, Surry Co., d. 12 Apr 1962, Suffolk, interred in Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Chuckatuck, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 40, No. 88, Fri., Apr. 13, 1962, p. 3 *Additional information: Wesley Chapel list (WC-4), an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wesleych.txt His monument is topped by a praying angel; a photo of it - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #171930021. His parents are also buried there. D.Cert. 11647 (Chuckatuck #126) His mother's obit appeared in the "Smithfield Times," Nov. 9, 2016. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c216p1ob.txt