Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dunston, Emmeline Bradshaw, 1931 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ EMMELINE BRADSHAW DUNSTON Suffolk, Aug. 19 - Mrs. Emmeline Dunston, 79 [sic; 70*], widow of T.J. Dunston, died this afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jasper Oliver, on Military road. She is survived by another daughter, Mrs. J.A. Johnson, of Carrsville; two grandsons, A.D. Johnson and Jack Oliver, Jr.; a sister, Mrs. Lucy A. Johnson, and two brothers, W.T. Bradshaw, of Crewe, and R.E. Bradshaw, of Suffolk. The funeral will take place Friday at Western Branch Baptist Church. ******************************************************************************* Suffolk, Aug. 22 - Funeral services for Mrs. Emmeline Dunston, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jasper Oliver, of Suffolk, were conducted Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at Western Branch Baptist Church, of which Mrs. Dunston had been a life-long member, by the pastor, the Rev. J. Sidney Cobb. The hymns, "Abide With Me," "The Old Rugged Cross" and "It Is Well With My Soul," were sung by the choir. The casket was covered with a pall of lilies. Mrs. Dunston was the daughter of the late Joshua and Emeline Bradshaw, and is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Jasper Oliver, of Suffolk, and Mrs. J.A. Johnson of Carrsville; two grandsons, A. Dunston Johnson and W.J. Oliver, Jr.; a sister, Mrs. Lucy A. Johnson, of Windsor, Va.; two brothers, W.T. Bradshaw, of Crewe, and R.E. Bradshaw, of Suffolk. Active pallbearers were W.T. Bradshaw, Zollie Johnson, A.S. Johnson, of Smithfield, Jasper Oliver, Milton Johnson, Howard Johnson, Sherman Roberts, Junie Bradshaw, and Emmett King. Burial was in the church cemetery. Emaline/Emmeline (BRADSHAW; Mrs. T. Julius) DUNSTON, b. 15 Mar 1861, Isle of Wight Co., d. 19 Aug 1931, Suffolk, age 70*, interred in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 2, Plot 5*), donated obit, newspaper unknown; donated obit, newspaper unknown *Western Branch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.txt Their gravestone shows Emaline. (Find a Grave Mem. #171122451) Dates agree with D.Cert. 19679 (Suffolk #219), which gives Emmeline, for both her & her mother: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/vitals/deaths/d523e1dc.txt Her husband's (donated, 1930) obit is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d523t1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d523e1ob.txt