Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Costen, Bertha E. Brinkley, 1933 

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MRS. COSTEN DIES OF LONG ILLNESS 

Widow of L. J. Costen Succumbs to 14-Year Illness During Early Morning; 
   Burial Set For Wednesday Afternoon. 

  Mrs. Bertha Evelyn Brinkley Costen, widow of L.J. Costen, died early today. 
Mrs. Costen had been an invalid for the past fourteen years. 

  Mrs. Costen is survived by a son, Clyde Allan [sic; Allen] Costen, and a 
daughter, Miss Jacque Costen, of Suffolk; two step-sons, Prof. Rufus Costen, 
of Charlottesville, and Lonnie Costen, of Washington; a sister, Mrs. L.D. 
Walls, of Suffolk; and a brother, Homer Brinkley, of Suffolk. 

  Mrs. Costen was the daughter of the late Jackson R. Brinkley and Mrs. Mary 
Elizabeth Brinkley. 

  Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon and burial will be in 
Cedar Hill cemetery. 


Bertha Evelyn (BRINKLEY; Mrs. "Lonnie" Leonidas James) COSTEN, 
b. 3 Sep 1876, Nansemond Co., d. 12 Jun 1933, Williamsburg, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 14 Jun 1933, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 11, No. 70, Mon., June 12, 1933, p. 1 

*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 

Her parents, Jackson Richard & Mary Elizabeth "Bettie" (BRINKLEY) BRINKLEY, 
   are buried in Block G, Lot 38. 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #190138682. 

D.Cert. 13877 (Williamsburg #69) 

Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," May 26, 1932, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c235l1ob.txt 

Her father (1840 - 1913) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. I, 41st VA Infantry. 


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