Nansemond-Princess Anne-Fauquier County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries...... Cameron, Lina Lassiter, 1964 

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Mrs. Cameron Dies On Friday 

  Mrs. Lina Lassiter Cameron of St. Petersburg, Fla., a native of Nansemond 
County, died Friday in St. Anthony Hospital in St. Petersburg. 

  She was superintendent of Public Welfare in Princess Anne County for many 
years and when she retired she was superintendent of Public Welfare in 
Warrenton.  She had lived in Florida for the past nine years. 

  She was the daughter of the late William Amos Lassiter and Mrs. Nancy Darden 
Lassiter of Nansemond County. 

  She is survived by a son, James Otis Wright of Birmingham, Mich.; one 
grandson; one granddaughter; and three sisters, Mrs. Malbon Joyner of 
Nansemond County and Mrs. A.W. Craft and Mrs. Ruth Lawshe of Virginia Beach. 

  The body will be brought to Baker Funeral Home.  Funeral services will be 
conducted Monday at 3:30 p.m. in Baker Funeral Home by the Rev. Charles L. 
Landrum, pastor of Suffolk Presbyterian Church.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill 
Cemetery. 

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MRS. LINA CAMERON 

  REDINGTON BEACH (Special) - - Mrs. Lina Cameron, 72, of 16400 Gulf Blvd, 
died Monday in a St. Petersburg hospital.  A native of Nansemond County, Va., 
she came here nine years ago from there.  She was a Protestant, and was for 
many years with the Public Welfare Department at Warrington [sic; Warrenton], 
Va.  Survivors include a son, J.O. Wright, Birmingham, Mich.; two 
grandchildren, and three sisters, Mrs. Malban Joiner [sic; Malbon Joyner], 
Suffolk, Va.; Mrs. A.W. Craft and Mrs. Ruth Lawshe, both of Virginia Beach, 
VA. 


Lina Darden (LASSITER WRIGHT; Mrs. John MacAullay) CAMERON, 
   of St. Petersburg, FL, retired social worker, 
b. 20* Apr 1892, Nansemond Co., d. 24 Oct 1964, St. Petersburg, FL, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 37*), Suffolk, 26 Oct 1964, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 42, No. 256, Sun., Oct. 25, 1964, p. 2; 
"Tampa (FL) Tribune," Oct. 28, 1964, 
   text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #5587082 

*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 Carol - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #5587082.  It shows b. 20 Apr, but notes suggest 
   28 or 30 Apr. 

Her parents are buried in adjacent Lot 36: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt 

She 1m. Otis R. WRIGHT (1884 - 1959) 14 Jun 1911 in Nansemond Co.; 
   they div. in 1929.  He is buried in Block G, Lot 116: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

She 2m. John MacAullay CAMERON (b. ca. 1878 Canada) 3 Sep 1932 (Norfolk #680); 
   they div. in 1947. 

Her paternal grandfather, William Jackson LASSITER, was a Confederate veteran, 
   having served as 4th sergeant in Co. B, 16th VA Infantry.  He was wounded 
   19 Aug 1864 at the Davis Farm, Dinwiddie Co., and died later that mother. 
   His widow Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" (HARRELL) LASSITER, 2m. Stephen Columbus 
   BARTLETT.  Widowed again, she applied for a pension 25 Apr 1922.  She & 
   Columbus are also buried in Lot 36. 


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