Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Costen, Olivia G. Brinkley, 1901 

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SUFFOLK.

Death of Mrs. L. J. Costen - The Political Situation Complicated. 

       Special to The Landmark. 
  Suffolk, Va., November 4. - Mrs. Olivia Gertrude Costen, beloved wife of Mr. 
L.J. Costen, died Saturday night at 11:45 o'clock as the result of an abscess 
in her side, aged 26 years.  Mrs. Costen was a member of the Baptist Church, 
at which edifice the funeral was conducted yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock 
by Rev. R.H. Potts, of the Main Street M.E. Church.  Deceased leaves her 
husband, several small children, two brothers and many relatives and friends 
to mourn their loss.  The interment was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

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Olivia Gertrude (COFIELD; Mrs. "Lonnie" Leonidas James) COSTEN, 
b. Mar 1876, Isle of Wight Co., d. 2 Nov 1901, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 3 Nov 1901, 
"Norfolk (VA) Landmark," Vol. 53, No. 60, Tues., Nov. 5, 1901, p. 6 

*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 Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #190138638. 

Birthdate from the 1900 Census - Holy Neck Dist., Nansemond Co. 

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 parents, Emmett W. & Mary Louise (MURPHY) COFIELD, are buried in a 
   COFIELD family cemetery on Murphy Mill Rd. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #204: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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