Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Callahan, Claude, 1917 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LITTLE CLAUDE GILBERT [sic; CALLAHAN] Suffolk, Feb. 24. - Claude Callahan, son of Mrs. Ada [sic; Ida] Gilbert of York street, died this morning at 1 o'clock, age 8 years. The body will be taken over the Southern Railway Sunday to Forest City, N.C., for interment, accompanied by the step-father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Gilbert. ****************************************************************************** FUNERAL AT FOREST CITY Suffolk, Feb. 25. - The body of Claude Callahan, 8-year-old son of Mrs. Ada Gilbert, was taken last night over the Southern Railway to Forest City, N.C., for interment. L.W. Gilbert, the child's stepfather, and Mrs. Gilbert accompanied the remains. The funeral services were held at the residence on York street Saturday afternoon. Claude CALLAHAN, son of Claude Otis & Ida P. (KANIPE) CALLAHAN, b. Sep 1909, Shelby, Cleveland Co., NC, d. 23 Feb 1917, at home, Suffolk, interred in Forest City*, Rutherford Co., NC, "Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk (VA) Landmark," Vol. 57, No. 56, Sun., Feb. 25, 1917, p. 15; "Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk (VA) Landmark," Vol. 57, No. 57, Mon., Feb. 26, 1917, p. 7 *Additional information: Presumably buried with his father (1885 - 1909) in Cool Springs Cemetery, Forest City. Find a Grave Memorial #73238908 [no grave photo], D.Cert. 4268 (Suffolk #132) His step-father Louis Wilmer GILBERT was shot in the heart 26 Sep 1921 locking up his grocery in South Suffolk. An account appeared in the "Richmond Times-Dispatch," Sep. 27, 1921, p. 1. His mother 3m. William Wegton FRITZINGER 3 Feb 1917 (Suffolk #19). They are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c450c2ob.txt