Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Everett, Paul L. Jr., 1954 

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PAUL LEE EVERETT, JR. 

P.L. EVERETT RITES TO BE IN SUFFOLK 

   Suffolk, Aug. 18 - Funeral services for Paul Lee Everett, 47, 
Commonwealth’s attorney for Nansemond County, will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow 
at the Hill Funeral Home here, with burial in Holly Lawn Cemetery.  He died of 
a heart attack at his home here yesterday.

   He was a past president of the Ruritan National, a director of the Farmer 
Bank of Nansemond and secretary of the Virginia-Carolina Peanut Corporation.

   He was graduated from the College of William and Mary and the University of 
Virginia Law School. He had been Commonwealth’s attorney since 1947.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Julia Taylor Everett; three sons, Paul E. 
Everett, III, Charles Taylor Everett and George T. Everett; a daughter, Miss 
Elizabeth Rawles Everett, and four sisters, Mrs. G.G. Mosley, of Columbia, 
S.C.; Mrs. George F. Darden, of Virginia Beach; Mrs. Robert D. Kramer, of 
Elizabeth City, N.C. and Mrs. Sam P. Woolford, of Richmond.

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PAUL L. EVERETT BURIED IN SUFFOLK 

   Nansemond and Southampton counties experienced a shock Tuesday in the death 
of Paul L. Everett, Commonwealth’s Attorney of Nansemond, native son of 
Holland and once its mayor, who died unexpectedly at his home in Suffolk of a 
heart attack.

   He was buried yesterday in Holly Lawn Cemetery following funeral services 
conducted in Suffolk by two old friends, the Rev. L.L. McGee, pastor of the 
Holland Baptist Church, where he was a member, and Dr. Julian H. Pentecost, 
pastor of the West End Baptist Church where he taught the Men’s Bible Class.

   He was the son of the late Paul Lee and Annie Eliza Holland Everett of 
Holland.

   A graduate of the College of William and Mary and the law school of the 
University of Virginia, he started his law practice in Suffolk in 1929.  In 
1940 he became a lieutenant in the United States Navy and served there three 
years.

   He early displayed a keen interest in community affairs.  A past national 
president of the Ruritan Clubs which were organized here, he also became a 
president of the Lions Club.

   He was a director of the Farmers Bank of Nansemond, a member of the 
Nansemond County and Virginia State Bar Associations, and secretary of the 
Virginia-Carolina Peanut Association.

   He leaves his wife, Mrs. Julia Taylor Everett; a daughter, Elizabeth Rawls 
Everett; three sons, Paul Lee Everett, III; Charles Taylor Everett and George 
Taylor Everett, all of Suffolk; four sisters, Mrs. G.G. Mosely, of Columbia, 
S.C.; Mrs. George F. Darden of Virginia Beach; Mrs. Robert D. Cramer of 
Elizabeth City, N.C., and Mrs. Samuel P. Woolford of Richmond, and several 
nieces and nephews.

   Many tributes were paid in the passing of the state’s attorney.  State 
Senator Mills Godwin said, "He was one of my closest friends... it’s an 
irreparable loss... he was a fearless prosecutor and an able lawyer."

   W.H. Story of Capron was deeply shocked upon hearing the news.  He said Mr. 
Everett was one of his closest friends and that it was difficult to believe 
news of the death.

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PAUL LEE EVERETT, JR. 

PAUL EVERETT, 47, BELOVED ATTORNEY, BURIED LAST WEEK 

  Paul L. Everett, 47, prominent and beloved commonwealth's attorney for 
Nansemond County was buried  at 4 p.m. Wednesday, August 18, 1954 in Holly 
Lawn Cemetery.

  Mr. Everett, a former mayor of Holland was in his second term of office 
when a heart attack ended his life the afternoon of August 17.  He was at 
his home in Suffolk at the time.

  He had many friends in counties throughout the State, and a host of Isle 
of Wight County residents knew him as a kind and able man.  He had once served 
as president of Ruritan National and was a member of local, State and National 
bar association.


Paul Lee EVERETT, Jr., Commonwealth's Attorney of Nansemond Co., 
former mayor of Holland, Navy veteran of WW-II, civic leader, 
Holland native, d. 17 Aug 1954, at home, Suffolk, age 47, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 19 Aug 1954, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 19, 1954; 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 38, No. 11, Aug. 26, 1954, p. 1, col. 5 

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 

His parents are buried in Holland Cemetery. 
   Holland list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt 

a possible portrait appears online, in the Library of Virginia (LVA) and 
Suffolk Public Library's Hamblin Studio Photograph Collection (1909-1979). 
Search the LVA catalog for Subject "Everette, Paul": 
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/


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