Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Davidson, Charles E., 1980 

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CHARLES EDWARD DAVIDSON 

Charles E. Davidson 

  Charles Edward Davidson, 56, of 2697 Lake Cohoon Rd., died Tuesday in York, 
Pa. 

  He was a native of Lexington, husband of Mrs. Sally Robeson Davidson and son 
of the late William Effie Davidson and Georgie Stratton Davidson. 

  He was territory manager for International Harvester where he worked for the 
past 30 years. 

  He was a member of the Main Street United Methodist Church, James L. 
McLemore Bible Class, Board of Ushers and former member of the Administrative 
Board and former Committeeman for Boy Scout Troop 1.  He was an Army veteran 
of World War II. 

  Besides his widow he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. William C. Barnhill 
Jr. of Gates, N.C.; one son, Charles Edward Davidson Jr. of Suffolk and one 
brother, Dr. James H. Davidson of Durham, N.C. 

  A funeral service will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Main Street United 
Methodist Church by the Rev. William R. Withers with burial in Holly Lawn 
Cemetery. 

  R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 

  Memorial donations may be made to the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad or the 
Main Street Methodist Church special memorial fund. 

  The family will be at his home. 

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CHARLES EDWARD DAVIDSON 

  SUFFOLK - Charles Edward Davidson, 56, 2697 Lake Cohoon Road, died Tuesday 
in York, Pa.

  A native of Lexington, he was territory manager for International Harvester 
where he worked for the past 30 years. 

  He was an Army veteran of World War II. 

  He was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church, James L. McLemore 
Bible class and Board of Ushers, and a former member of the Administrative 
Board.  He also was a former committeeman for Boy Scout Troop 1. 

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sally Robeson Davidson; a daughter, Mrs. 
William C. Barnhill, Jr. of Gates, N.C.; a son, Charles Edward Davidson, Jr., 
of Suffolk; and a brother, James H. Davidson of Durham, N.C. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in Main Street United Methodist 
Church by the Rev. William R. Withers. 

  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

  The family will receive friends at his residence. 

  The family request expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to 
the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad, or the Main Street United Methodist Church 
special memorial fund. 

  R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home is in charge. 


Charles Edward DAVIDSON, International Harvester territory manager, 
   Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 14 Feb 1914, Lexington, Rockbridge Co., d. 17 Jun 1980, York, York Co., PA, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 20 Jun 1980, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 58, No. 146, Wed., June 18, 1980, p. 2; 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Thurs., June 19, 1980 

*Additional information: 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #171367797. 

D.Cert. 80-015461 

His parents are buried in Willow Dale Cemetery, Goldsboro, NC.  


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