Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Folk, John S., 1953 

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"JOHN" JOHNSON STANSFIELD FOLK 

           John S. Folk 

  Suffolk, Feb. 12 - John S. Folk, 57, died today at 3 p.m. at his home, 323 
Stinner [sic; Pinner] Street after a long illness.  He was the son of the late 
Ernest L. Folk and Mary W. Folk, of Suffolk.  He is survived by his wife, 
Ellen G. Folk; three sons, John S. Folk, Jr., of Chincoteague, William W. 
Folk, of Norfolk, and Wilkinson R. Folk, of the United States Air Force; one 
daughter, Mrs. Anne Nichols, of Norfolk; three grandchildren; a sister, Helen 
M.L. Folk, of Suffolk; and a half-brother, E. Garnett Folk, of Suffolk.  For 
many years he was manager of the E.L. Folk Hardware Company, in Suffolk.  The 
body was taken to the R.W. Baker and Company Funeral Home.  Funeral 
arrangements will be announced later. 

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Funeral Pending For John S. Folk 

  Funeral arrangements for John S. Folk, 57, who died yesterday afternoon at 3 
p.m. at his home at 323 Pinner Street, after being a semi-invalid for years, 
are still pending. 

  He was the son of the late Ernest L. and Mary Wilkinson Folk, of Suffolk and 
for many years was manager of the former E.L. Folk Hardware Company. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ellen G. Folk; three sons, John S. Folk, Jr., 
of Chincoteague, Va.; William W. Folk, of Norfolk, and Wilkinson R. Folk, 
United States Air Force, stationed at Brookfield, Texas; a daughter, Mrs. Ann 
Nichols, of Norfolk; three grandchildren; a sister, Miss Helen M.L. Folk, and 
a half-brother, E. Garnett Folk, both of Suffolk. 

  The body is now at the R.W. Baker and Company Funeral Home.

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JOHN S. FOLK 

  Funeral services for John S. Folk, who died Thursday night at his home on 
Pinner Street, will be held this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the R.W. Baker 
and Company Funeral Home. 

  Dr. Duane N. Vore, pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church, will conduct the 
services.  Burial will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

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          John S. Folk 

  Suffolk, Feb. 15 - Funeral services for John S. Folk were conducted at the 
R.W. Baker and Company Funeral Home today at 3:30 p.m. by the Rev. Duane N. 
Vore, pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church. 


"John" Johnson Stansfield FOLK, Sr., retired hardware merchant, 
b. 5 May 1894*, Suffolk, d. 12 Feb 1953, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 81*), Suffolk, 15 Feb 1953, 
"Norfolk Virginian-Pilot," Vol. 206, No. 44, Fri., Feb. 13, 1953, p. 42 
   {image 45}; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 31, No. 37, Fri., Feb. 13, 1953, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 31, No. 38, Sun., Feb. 15, 1953, p. 9; 
"Norfolk Virginian-Pilot," Vol. 206, No. 47, Mon., Feb. 16, 1953, p. 20 
   {image 22} 

*Additional information: 

His parents are buried in the same lot. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_d.txt 

Photos of his gravestone & lot - added by Hixburg23958 - are also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #78174730, which gives b. 5 May 1895; a version of 
   the "Pilot" obits is also posted there. 

No D.Cert. found. 

The 1900 Census - 14 Franklin St., Suffolk - gives b. May 1895. 

His WW-I draft card also gives b. 5 May 1895. 

The Nansemond Co. B.Reg. - Dist. 1 - gives Johnson FAULK, b. 5 May 1894. 

His father's obits ("Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Jan. 5, 6, & 7, 
   1925) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/f420e1ob.txt 

His mother's obits ("Virginian-Pilot" & "Norfolk Landmark," Mar. 8, 1901, & 
   "Suffolk News-Herald," Mar. 15, 1901) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/f420m1ob.txt 


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