Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carter, Zola M. Rountree, 1935 

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ZOLA MAE ROUNTREE CARTER 

        Mrs. J. H. Carter

  Suffolk, Dec. 14. - Mrs. J.H. Carter died tonight at 9:30 o'clock in 
Lakeview Hospital from injuries received in a fall at her home in the Holy 
Neck area yesterday.  Mrs. Carter is survived by her husband; four children, 
Mildred Anne, John H. Jr., Dean and Glenn R. Carter; four sisters, Mrs. T.M. 
Brown of Georgia, Miss Leora Carter of Suffolk and Misses Gladys and Minnie 
Carter of Nansemond County; five brothers, Jamie Carter [sic; Rountree] of 
Nansemond County, Otho [sic; Otha] Carter of Suffolk, Denny Carter of Chicago, 
Ill., and Pressley and Charles Carter of Nansemond County; her parents, of 
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Rountree, of Nansemond County, and her grandfather, Sam 
Smith, of Gatesville. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the 
Holy Neck Christian Church by Dr. N.G. Newman.  Burial will be in Holland 
Cemetery. 

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FALL IS FATAL TO HOLY NECK WOMAN 

Mrs. Carter, Young Mother of Four, Succumbs 

  Mrs. Zola May Carter died at a local hospital Saturday night at 9:30 
o'clock, after a fall at her home near Holy Neck, Nansemond county. 

  Mrs. Carter is survived by her husband, J.H. Carter, and four children, 
Mildred Ann, John H. Jr., Dean M. Carter, Glenn R. Carter, all of Nansemond 
county; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Rountree, of Nansemond county; four 
sisters, Mrs. T.M. Brown, of Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Leora Rountree, of Suffolk; 
Misses Gladys and Minnie Rountree, of Nansemond county; five brothers, Jamie 
Rountree, of Nansemond county; Otho Rountree, Suffolk; Denny Rountree, 
Chicago; Presley and Charlie Rountree, of Nansemond county; her grandfather, 
Samuel Smith of Gates County, N.C.; one niece and several aunts and uncles. 

  Funeral service was held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Holy Neck 
Christian Church, of which she was a member, conducted by Dr. N.G. Newman. 
Interment was in the Holland cemetery. 

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Suffolk Funerals 

Mrs. Zola M. Carter 

  Suffolk, Dec. 17. - Funeral services for Mrs. Zola May Carter were conducted 
afternoon at the Holy Neck Christian Church by Dr. N.G. Newman, the Rev. Carl 
Keyes, and the Rev. W.H. Corbitt.  A quartet composed of Mrs. Vernon Holland, 
Mrs. J.O. Davidson, W.W. Darden and Mrs. Howard Holland, accompanied by Mrs. 
S.L. Wright, sang "Does Jesus Care" and "Sometime We'll Understand."  A solo, 
"The Old Rugged Cross" was by W.W. Darden. 

  There were many floral tributes; the casket was covered with a pall of 
lilies and ferns. 

  Active pallbearers were W.J. Holland, Gilmer Holland, W. Norfleet, R.A. 
Weaver, Willie Weaver, H.V. White, A.L. Jollay, A.J. Holland.  Friends of the 
family were honorary pallbearers.  Burial was in the Holland Cemetery. 


Zola Mae (ROUNTREE; Mrs. John Henry) CARTER, 
b. 23 Jan 1908, Gates Co., NC, d. 14 Dec 1935, Suffolk, 
interred in Holland Cemetery*, 16 Dec 1935, 
"Norfolk Virginian-Pilot," Vol. 139, No. 76, Sun., Dec. 15, 1935, p. 28; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 13, No. 227, Mon., Dec. 16, 1935, p. 3; 
"Norfolk Virginian-Pilot," Vol. 139, No. 79, Wed., Dec. 18, 1935, p. 16 

*Additional information: 

Her parents are also buried there.  Holland list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt 

Photos of her gravestone & lot - added by Hixburg23958 - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #92239205. 

D.Cert. 28136 (Suffolk #390) states she fell 10 Dec 1935, causing a 
   spontaneous abortion (miscarriage), which led to generalized septicemia 
   (blood poisoning). 

A photo of her father - added by Taylor Phelps - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #15558965. 

A photo of her mother - added by Taylor Phelps - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #15558930. 


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