Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cheatham, James A., 1930 

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J. A. CHEATHAM DIES IN NORFOLK 

Widely Known and Highly Respected Citizen of Suffolk Succumbs At Home of Son 
   There After Long Illness. 

  James Alexander Cheatham died as a result of apoplexy last night at 8:45 
o'clock at the home of his son, Alexander Cheatham in Norfolk, in the 61st 
year of his age.  He is survived by his wife; two sons, Alexander and Richard 
Cheatham, both of Norfolk; two daughters, Mrs. Fenton Coulbourne, of 
Corapeake, N.C., and Miss Lucille Cheatham, of Suffolk; one brother, Howard 
Cheatham, of Lynchburg; two sisters, Mrs. J.M. Browning and Mrs. Jennie B. 
Ward, both of Burlington, N.C., and several nieces and nephews. 

  Mr. Cheatham was born in Ridgeway, N.C., and as a young man there began his 
career in the employ of the S.A.L. Railroad.  He remained with them 43 years. 
He left Ridgeway to become agent at Magnolia, in Nansemond county, and from 
that point came to Suffolk where for a period of many years he was agent here. 
Two years ago his health began to fail and he obtained a leave of absence from 
the railroad in an effort to recover.  Mr. Cheatham had dinner with the family 
of his son yesterday evening and retired early, apparently in good spirits, 
but died shortly after going to his bed. 

  Funeral services will be conducted from the residence, 117 Wellons street, 
tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, by the Rev. C.E. Pleasants, pastor of Oxford 
M.E. Church.  Mr. Cheatham had been a member and a steward of Oxford church 
since it was founded. 

  Active pallbearers will be Felix Brinkley, Julius Lassiter, Sidney Davis, 
Archie Brothers, William P. Ellis and O.G. Coulbourne.  The friends of the 
deceased will act as honorary pallbearers. 

  Interment will be in Cedar Hill cemetery. 


James Alexander CHEATHAM [II], of Suffolk, 
   retired S.A.L. R.R. telegraph operator, 
b. 1 Sep 1868, Ridgeway, Warren Co., NC, 
d. 13 Jul 1930, at son's home, Norfolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 36*), Suffolk, 15 Jul 1930, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 8, No. 96, Mon., July 14, 1930, p. 1 

*Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

Photos of his gravestone & family plot - added by Jake Dog - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #119275777. 

D.Cert. 17239 (Norfolk #998) 

His parents, James Alexander "Alex" & "Lucy" Lucia Ann (WHITE) CHEATHAM, 
   are buried in Chapel of the Good Shepherd Episcopal Cemetery, Ridgeway, NC. 


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