Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Crocker, W. Joseph, 1931 

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CROCKER RITES AT CEDAR HILL 

Funeral Service for Well-Known Lumberman Who Died Saturday Night 
   Conducted This Afternoon At 2:30. 

  Funeral services for William Joseph Crocker, well-known Suffolk citizen, 
identified with the lumber business here and in North Carolina for many years, 
who died at Protestant Hospital, Norfolk, Saturday night, were conducted from 
the funeral parlors of R.W. Baker & Co. this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. 

  The service at the Saratoga street funeral home and the committal rites at 
the graveside in Cedar Hill cemetery were conducted by the Rev. Dr. W.W. 
Staley and the Rev. H.C. Caviness, of Portsmouth. 

  Mr. Crocker is survived by two sons, Lotzia Crocker, of Norfolk, and William 
J. Crocker, Jr., of Suffolk; a daughter, Mrs. Ira F. Bennett, of Chicago, 
Ill.; a brother, James Crocker, of Suffolk and several nieces and nephews. 

  Mr. Crocker had been identified, with the lumber business in Suffolk many 
years.  He was in the employ of the Montgomery Lumber Company both in this 
city and in North Carolina during the years of that company's operations. 
About three years ago he went with the Suffolk Lumber Company and remained in 
their employ until failing health necessitated his retirement.  Mr. Crocker 
has been in bad health for most ot the past year, but only ten days ago did 
his condition become alarming.  He was taken to the Protestant Hospital Friday 
when his illness took a sudden turn for the worse. 

  Pall-bearers at the funeral were: active: Robert R. Smith, O.W. Sheffield, 
J.C. Pierce, Claude Eure, Tom Moody and Wallace R. Kilby, of Suffolk; Ralph P. 
Holland, of Norfolk; and G.C. Wright, of Holland. Honorary; A.L. Jollay, of 
Holland; John Bunyan Archer, of Chuckatuck; Claude Dennis, Sr., D.L. Sumner, 
Dr. P.J. Morrison, Dr. J.P. Cross, J.M. Ashley, J.P. Boone, W.L. Smith, J.H. 
Bangley, J.W. King, and J.C. Powell, all of this city. 


William Joseph CROCKER, lumberman, 
b. 30 Apr 1872, Isle of Wight Co., d. 12 Sep 1931, Norfolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 14 Sep 1931, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 9, No. 148, Mon., Sep. 14, 1931, pp. 1 & 6 

*Additional information: 

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

Both of his wives are buried in Block G, Lot 96. 

Find a Grave Memorial #202834720  [no grave photo] 

D.Cert. 21983 (Norfolk #1354) gives his father as Joshia CROCKER. 

His father Joshua CROCKER, son of George & Nancy CROCKER, & Sarah A. ELEY, 
   daughter of David & Elizabeth LEWIS, 2m. 29 Nov 1864 in Chesterfield Co. 
   (Petersburg #90) 

Sarah (1827 - 1900) is also buried in Cedar Hill. 

Her obits ("Virginian-Pilot," Jan. 9 & 10, 1900, p. 8) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c626s3ob.txt 

Joshua was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. I, 
   3rd VA Infantry.  When he remarried, he was a cotton-factory hand. 


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