Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cutchin, J. Oliver, 1928 

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Oliver Cutchins [sic; Cutchin] Dies Of Injuries In Local Hospital After Crash 

Prominent Farmer Lost His Life In Automobile Accident Near Holland; 
Was Driving Car Alone and Lost Control, Crashing Into a Fence And Overturning. 

  J. Oliver Cutchins, 66 years old, prominent farmer of Nansemond county, died 
in Lakeview Hospital, this morning of injuries sustained when he lost control 
of the automobile which he was driving and crashed into a fence near Holland. 
He had a new car, it was stated, and it hit the fence and turned over in a 
field not far from his home toward which he was driving. 

  Mr. Cutchins was rushed to Lakeview Hospital for medical attention but with 
his chest crushed in and face badly bruised up he did not linger long.  He 
died shortly before 9 o'clock. 

  Mr. Cutchins was on his way home.  He lived at what is known as "Elwood." 
He was well known in the county and had many friends. 

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Last Rites Said For J. Oliver Cutchins [sic; Cutchin] 

  Last rites for J. Oliver Cutchins, well-known farmer of Nansemond County, 
who died in a local hospital Saturday of injuries sustained when the car he 
was driving went through a fence and turned over, were held yesterday 
afternoon at his home, Elwood, near Holland.  They were attended by a large 
number of his friends.  They were conducted by the Rev. Sparks W. Melton, 
D.D., pastor of the Freemason Street Baptist Church, Norfolk. 

  Active pallbearers were all nephews of Mr. Cutchins and were Sol. Rawles, 
Clifford Cutchins, John Cutchins, Dr. J.C. Rawles, Raymond Cutchins, Coleman 
Cutchins, Ralph and John Rawles.  Honorary pallbearers were present by the 
score and were friends and neighbors.  Interment was in the old family 
cemetery on the Cutchin estate. 


John Oliver CUTCHIN, farmer, 
b. 10 Apr 1868, Nansemond Co., d. 17 Nov 1928, Suffolk, 
interred in the family cemetery*, near Holland, 18 Nov 1928, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 6, No. 215, Sat., Nov. 17, 1928, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 6, No. 217, Mon., Nov. 19, 1928, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

Find a Grave lists Oliver with his parents John A. & "Treacy" Jane (HOLLAND) 
   CUTCHIN in a CUTCHIN family cemetery, described as being "located at the 
   end of Barnes Road just over the railroad tracks to the left." 
   (Cemetery ID #2591819; coordinates: 36.67718, -76.81457) 

The Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project lists 
   "Trecey" (ca. 1823 - 1905) in a GARDNER family cemetery near Elwood. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (NV-IV-6), an extension 
   SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol4.txt 

Those coordinates point to a plot in a field north of the Norfolk Southern 
   tracks, about a quarter mile west of where Barnes Rd. (Rt. 651) crosses 
   them, and about half a mile east of Elwood & 2 miles west of Holland. 
   Brentwood Rd. (Rt. 655) ends at Barnes Rd., just south of the crossing. 
   Barnes Rd. (Rt. 651) ends at Elwood Rd. (Rt. 613), about a quarter mile 
   south of Elwood. 

The Nansemond Co. B.Reg. (1868 #31) also gives Cutchins. 

D.Cert. 25735 also gives Cutchins. 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Feb. 7, 1948, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c325e3ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Suffolk Herald," Oct. 10, 1905) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c325t2ob.txt 


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