Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cones, William T., 1943 

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Cones Rites Held This Morning 

  Funeral services for W.T. Cones were conducted at 11 a.m. this morning at 
the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home by Dr. H.J. Goodwin and the Rev. John 
P. Batkins.  A quartet composed of Mrs. Claudia Jacobs, Mrs. Paul Rawles, T. 
Byron Cutchins and W.J. Work, accompanied by Mrs. W.J. Work, sang "The Old 
Rugged Cross," and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye."  The casket was covered by a 
pall of white gladioli and pink roses. 

  Active pallbearers were Jack Duck, S.J. Dundelow, C.M. Mizzell, Dan 
McClenny, M.M. Lowe, C.B. DeFord, J.H. Costin and Harry Redd.  Honorary 
pallbearers were friends of the family.  Interment was in Bethlehem Christian 
Church Cemetery. 


William Thomas CONES, store helper, former knitting-factory laborer, 
b. 20 Jan 1880*, Isle of Wight Co.*, d. 19 Apr 1943, Washington, DC, 
interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery*, 23 Apr 1943, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 21, No. 26, Fri., Apr. 23, 1943, p. 1 

An obit also appeared in the Washington "Evening Star," Apr. 20, 1943. 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of his monument - added by Jake Dog - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #127383322. 

He is buried with his first wife Mary Blanche (REDD) CONES (1882 - 1921). 

His father, George Calvin CONES (1857-1938), & step-mother are buried in 
   Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block H, Lot 103. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

Birthplace from his marriage records. 

His WW-I draft card gives b. 20 Jan 1880. 

His WW-II draft card gives b. 20 Jan 1881, Suffolk. 

He 2m. Annie Eliza "Tissie" (HOWELL; widow of Emmett Lafayette "Fate") TURNER 
   (1876 - 1935) 30 Sep 1922 in Norfolk.  (Suffolk M.Reg. '22 p. 3 #11), but 
   apparently they divorced or had an annulment.  Annie TURNER appears in the 
   1930 Census - 207 York St., Suffolk - as widowed.  She buried as Annie L. 
   TURNER with her first husband in Cedar Hill Cemetery - Block I, Lot 45: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt 

He 3m. "Effie" Ethel Lee (WHEELHOUSE HARVELL) BENNETT (1895 - 1947) June 25, 
   1938 in DC.  She 4m. a CARTER, and is buried in Maury Cemetery, Richmond. 


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