Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Crocker, Philip B., 1945 

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PHILIP BRINKLEY CROCKER

PHILIP CROCKER FOUND DEAD TODAY - BODY DISCOVERED AT LUMBER OFFICE

   Suffolk, March 7. - Philip Crocker, local lumber executive, was found dead 
about 6 o'clock this morning at the J.E. Crocker Lumber Company.  He was 45 
years of age.

   Crocker was found by a employee of the lumber company, and local officials 
were summoned.  According to the county coroner, Dr. C.H. Dawson, Crocker died 
of "a self-inflicted gunshot wound and hanging."  Dr. Dawson added that 
Crocker had also slashed his throat and left wrist before he took his life.

   For many years, Crocker maintained the lumber business, which was 
established here by his father.  A member of the Main Street Methodist Church, 
Crocker was the son of Mrs. Jane Brinkley and the late James E. Crocker of 
Nansemond County.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anne Jones Crocker; two sons, Robert J. 
Crocker and James E. Crocker; and his mother, Mrs. J.E. Crocker.

   The body was taken to R.W. Baker and Company Funeral Home.  Funeral 
arrangements will be announced later.

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Crocker Rites Set For Friday A. M. 

  SUFFOLK, March 8. - Funeral services for Philip Brinkley Crocker will be 
conducted at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning at the residence, 435 W. Washington 
Street, by Dr. A.L. Franklin, pastor of the Main Street Methodist Church and 
Rev. David A. McLean, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. 

  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


Philip Brinkley CROCKER, executive- J.E. Crocker Lumber Co., 
b. 25 Jan 1900, Nansemond Co., suicide 7 Mar 1945, at work, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 114*), Suffolk, 18 Sep 1944, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 196, Wed., Mar. 7, 1945, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 197, Thurs., Mar. 8, 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 

His parents, James Edward & Jane Lee (BRINKLEY) CROCKER, 
   are also buried there. 

Photos of his gravestone & lot - added by Jake Dog - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #77565310. 

D.Cert. 6594 (Cypress #81) 

His wife's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," May 25, 1973, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c626a4ob.txt 

His father's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Sep. 18, 1944, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c626j2ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," June 24, 1954, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c626j3ob.txt 


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