Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Godwin, Lee A. Holland, 1966 

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MRS. LEE ANNA H. GODWIN 

  WINDSOR - Mrs. Lee Anna Holland Godwin, 85. a resident of Windsor, died at 
3 a.m. today (Wednesday) in a Portsmouth hospital. 

  She was the widow of Johnny Thomas Godwin and daughter of the late Samuel 
and Mrs. Georganna Pierce Holland of Isle of Wight County. 

  She was a member of Antioch Christian Church, the L.F. Sunday School Class 
and the Antioch Missionary Society. 

  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Louise Stratman of Newport News and Mrs. 
C.L. Edwards of Portsmouth; two sons, John T. Godwin of Windsor and Curtis S. 
Godwin of Suffolk; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be conducted at 4 p.m. Thursday in I.O. Hill & Co. 
Funeral Home by the Rev. Thomas B. Sutton and the Rev. T. Fred Wright.  Burial 
will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

  The family will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Edwards Sr., 1113 Melvin 
Drive, Portsmouth. 

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LEE ANNA HOLLAND GODWIN 

   WINDSOR - A funeral service for Mrs. Lee Holland Godwin was conducted 
Thursday at 4 p.m. in I.O. Hill and Co. Funeral Home, Suffolk, by Rev. 
Thomas D. Sutton assisted by the Rev. T. Fred Wright.  Burial was in 
Holly Lawn Cemetery.  The family was at home of Mrs. C.L. Edwards, 1113 
Melvin Drive, Hodges Ferry.

   Pallbearers were C.C. Clements, R.A. Cobb, L.M. Mumford, H.H. Stewart, 
H.E. Pierce, Curtis S. Godwin Jr., C.L. Edwards Jr., J.C. Pugh, E.W. Godwin 
Jr., and Richard J. Holland.

   Mrs. Godwin, 85, died Wednesday at 3 a.m. in a Portsmouth hospital.

   A native of Isle of Wight County, she was the widow of Johnnie Thomas 
Godwin and a daughter of Samuel and Mrs. Georgianna Pierce Godwin [sic; 
Holland*] of Isle of Wight County.

   She was a member of Antioch Christian Church, its L.F. Sunday School 
Class and Antioch Missionary Society.

   Surviving are two daughter, Mrs. Louise Stratman of Newport News and 
Mrs. C.L. Edwards Sr. of Hodges Ferry; two sons, John T. Godwin of Windsor 
and Curtis S. Godwin of Suffolk; eight grandchildren and 11 great 
grandchildren.


Lee Anna (HOLLAND; Mrs. "Johnnie" Thomas) GODWIN, 
b. 16 Sep 1880*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 14 Sep 1966, Portsmouth, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 15 Sep 1966, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 44, No. 220, Wed., Sep. 14, 1966, p. 2; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mon., Sep. 19, 1966, p. 6 

*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 

D.Cert. 66-025390 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Hixsburg23958 - is posted with Find a 
   Grave Memorial #54573450; it shows b. b. 16 Sep 1881. 

Her husband's obit ("Smithfield Times," Nov. 10, 1955, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/g350j5ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor. 
   Her father has a tall obelisk; her mother does not appear on the 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} Antioch report (#20): 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 
   Antioch list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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