Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Crocker, Emily J. Butler, 1945 

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Rites Held For Mrs. Emily Crocker 

  SUFFOLK, June 29 - Funeral services for Mrs. Emily B. Crocker were conducted 
at 5 p.m. yesterday at the Suffolk Christian Church by Dr. John G. Truitt, 
pastor, and Rev. F.L. Baker, pastor of the Oxford Methodist Church. 

  The pall was of white gladioli and red roses and active pallbearers were 
Pelham Trotman, J.R. Vann, Dr. J. Parker Cross, Floyd Benton, Hall Birdsong, 
James Crocker, R.R. Harrell and Melvin Lovelace. 

  Members of the Ladies Benevolent and Social Union of the Christian Church 
and other women's organizations attended in a body.  Honorary pallbearers were 
deacons of the church.  Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


Emily James (BUTLER; Mrs. Henry) CROCKER, 
b. 14 Aug 1879, Suffolk, d. 27 Jun 1945, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block E, Lot 45*), Suffolk, 28 Jun 1945, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 292, Fri., June 29, 1945, p. 8 

*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 

Photos of her gravestone - added by Hixburg 23958 & Jake Dog - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #77562001. 

Her parents, James Madison & Sarah Jane (WILLIAMS) BUTLER, are buried in the 
   same lot. 

D.Cert. 12450 (Suffolk #199) 

Her father (1838 - 1892) was a Confederate veteran, having served as private 
   in Co. D, 16th VA Infantry.  His obit was re-printed in the "Suffolk 
   News-Herald," July 9, 1937, p. 4; file at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b346j8ob.txt 


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