Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Deford, L. Belle Bradley, 1948 

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Mrs. Belle Deford Succumbs at 62 

  Mrs. Belle Deford, 62, widow of James H. Deford, died at 11:40 o'clock last 
night at a local hospital following a long illness.  Her home was at 431 
Jackson Street. 

  She is survived by one daughter, Miss Claudine Deford; one sister, Mrs. 
Myrtle Weaver, of Suffolk, and three half-sisters, Mrs. Mildred Ewell, of 
Newport News, Mrs. Ruth Crosley, of Williamsburg, and Miss Florence Bradley, 
of Charlotte, N.C. 

  The body was taken to the Hill Funeral Home, where services will be held at 
3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.  Dr. John G. Truitt and the Rev. J. Lester will 
officiate and burial will be Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


Lossie Belle (BRADLEY; Mrs. James H.) DeFORD, 
b. 1885, Gates Co., NC, d. 25 Jan 1948, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 76*), Suffolk, 27 Jan 1948, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 260, Mon., Jan. 26, 1948, 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_d.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #108572269. 

Her adoptive daughter Claudine is buried in the same lot. 

No D.Cert. found 

Claudine, a foundling, was adopted by James & Belle.  Articles on the 
   adoption ("Norfolk Landmark" & "Virginian-Pilot," Oct. 1907) are posted 
   with her obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Ledger-Star," Dec. 1963) at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d163c1ob.txt 

Belle's half-sister Myrtie E. (BRADLEY; Mrs. Willie F.) WEAVER (1889 - 1967) 
   is also buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery - Block H, Lot 62: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 


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