Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dixon, Wirtley A. Daniel, 1937 

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MRS. DIXON DIES AT ECLIPSE HOME 

Funeral to Be Held Saturday At Mt. Zion Christian Church 

  Mrs. Virtley [sic; Wirtley] Daniel Dixon, wife of John R. Dixon, Sr., died 
at 7 o'clock last night at her home in Eclipse. 

  Mrs. Dixon, a native of Isle of Wight county, was the daughter of the late 
Augustus W. and Cornelia Archer Daniel.  She was 62 years of age. 

  Surviving Mrs. Dixon are four sons, George W., John R., Jr., Bradford P. and 
Louis R. Dixon; four grandchildren, Alice, Norma, Emily and John R. Dixon, 
3rd., all of Eclipse; a sister, Mrs. J.W. Wiley of Norfolk, and two brothers, 
W.A. Daniel of Newport News and A.W. Daniel of Suffolk. 

  Funeral services wi|l be conducted Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Mt. Zion 
Christian Church by the Rev. W.A. Warren, assisted by the Rev. O.M. Clark and 
the Rev. Dr. I.W. Johnson. 

  Active pall-bearers will be J.B. Bush, S.Q. Bunkley, L. Johnson, A.V. 
Atkinson, R.C. Harrison, Dr. L.L. Eley, G.N. Gayle and T. H. Adams. 


Wirtley Augusta (DANIEL; Mrs. John Robert) DIXON, 
b. 30 Apr 1875, Isle of Wight Co., d. 11 Nov 1937, at home, Eclipse, 
interred in Mt. Zion Christian Church Cemetery*, Crittenden, 13 Nov 1937, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 15, No. 200, Fri., Nov. 12, 1937, p. 5 

*Additional information: 

Mt. Zion list (Z-8), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/mtzion.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by David Kemp - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #14133150, which mistakenly gives her 
   maiden name as DANIELS. 

D.Cert. 27373 (Chuckatuck #12) also gives Virtley. 

Her husband remarried in 1941, but he is buried with Wirtley. 
   His obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," June 4, 1959, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d250j1ob.txt 

Her father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a third corporal in 
   Co. F, 9th VA Infantry.  He was wounded in the Summer of 1863 and 
   hospitalized in Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond.  He applied for a pension 
   22 May 1900. 


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