Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Folk, William H., 1929 

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FOLK, WILLIAM HENRY.  On Sunday, August 25, 1929,  WILLIAM HENRY, beloved 
  husband of Caromilde Ferguson Folk and beloved father of Mrs. Josephine 
  Lownsborough and Miss Gheta P. Folk, Linwood T., Alwyn V. and Stephen H. 
  Folk.  Remains resting at the W.W. Chambers Co. funeral home, 1400 Chapin st. 
  n.w., until Monday, August 26, at 10 p.m.  Funeral and interment at Suffolk, 
  Va. 

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Wm. H. Folk, of Washington, To be Buried Here Tomorrow 

  Funeral services for William H. Folk of Washington, who died at his home in 
that city Sunday night at 7:40 o'clock will be conducted tomorrow afternoon 
from the funeral parlors of R.W. Baker at 4 o'clock and will be conducted by 
the Rev. A.N. Lewis, pastor of Oxford Street Methodist Church.  Interment will 
be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Mr. Folk was well known in this city, having been a resident since his birth 
in 1864 until 1918 when he moved to Washington.  He is survived by his widow, 
who was before her marriage Miss Ferguson; three sons, Theodore, Alvin [sic; 
Alwyn] and Stephen Folk; two daughters, Miss Gheta Folk and Mrs. Josephine 
Lounsborough [sic; Lownsborough], all of Washington; one sister, Mrs. E.L. 
[Midyett.] 


William Henry FOLK, shipping clerk, 
b. 22 Nov 1864*, Suffolk*, d. 25 Aug 1929, at home, Washington, DC, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block B, Lot 50*), Suffolk, 27 Aug 1929, 
donated obit, publication unknown, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #90273779, by Rosie; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 149, Mon., Aug. 26, 1929, p. 1 

*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 

His parents, Michael & Permelia (VAUGHAN) FOLK, are buried in Block D, Lot 81. 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #90273779. 

The 1910 Census - Suffolk, Nansemond Co. - gives age 44, b. NC. 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Mar. 11, 1966, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/f420c1ob.txt 


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