Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carter, Lula M. Blankenship, 1950 

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Mrs. Lula Carter Succumbs at 65 

  Mrs. Lula Mae Blankenship Carter, 65, died this morning at 8:10 o'clock at 
her home on the Holland Highway. 

  She was the wife of Thomas Carter and the daughter of the late Jefferson and 
Emma Russ [sic*] Blankenship of Alabama. 

  Besides her husband she is survived by two sons, J.C. and R.D. Carter of 
Suffolk; a daughter, Mrs. H.A. Bradshaw of Suffolk; one step-son, Herbert O. 
Carter of Suffolk; two step-daughters, Mrs. Alphia Clarke of Opp, Alabama, and 
Mrs. Edgar Day of Bonifay, Florida; 28 grandchildren; six brothers, Charlie, 
Shelley, Willey, Dewey and William E. Blankenship, all of Alabama, and W.D. 
Blankenship of Alabama; a number of nieces and nephews. 

  The body now rests at the R.W. Baker Funeral Home.  Funeral arrangements 
will be announced later. 

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Mrs. Carter's Funeral Thursday 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Mae Blankenship Carter, who died yesterday 
morning at her home on the Holland Road, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 
2:30 o'clock at the R.W. Baker Funeral Home. 

  The Rev. R.E. Brittle, assisted by the Rev. J.M. Roberts, will conduct the 
services.  Interment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


Lula Mae (BLANKENSHIP; Mrs. Lewis Thomas) CARTER, 
b. 21 May 1884*, Nansemond Co., d. 18 Jul 1950, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 20 Jul 1950, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 27, No. 88, Tues., July 18, 1950, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 27, No. 89, Wed., July 19, 1950, p. 3 

*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 Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #94350001. 

D.Cert. 16773 (Suffolk #209) also gives her mother as Emma RUSS; 
   b. 21 May 1885; the informant was her husband. 

Her parents, "Jeff" Jefferson Davis & Sarah Ann (BAZEMORE) BLANKENSHIP, 
   are buried in New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Lomax, Chilton Co., AL. 


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