Nansemond-Northampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Gilliam, Nellie D. Munford, 1955 

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Mrs. Mumford's [sic; Gilliam's] Rites Today, 1:30 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Mumford Gilliam, 85, who died at her home 
in Crittenden Friday at 10:30 a.m. will be conducted today at 1:30 p.m. at the 
home. 

  Mrs. Gilliam was the widow of [William West Gilliam] and the daughter of the 
late Paul B. Mumford and Mrs. Nannie Mason Mumford [sic*].  She was a native 
of Eastern Shore of Virginia. 

  [She is survived by a daughter,] Mrs. Maie Gilliam Walker of Crittenden; a 
son, Max P. Gilliam of Crittenden; two granddaughters, Mrs. Philip Jones of 
New London, Conn., and Mrs. William Harmond of Rockford, Ill.; and a grandson, 
Earnest A. Bagnell of San Diego, California. 

  She was a charter member of the Crittenden Methodist Church and a member of 
the church WSCS.  She was also a member of the Junto Woman's Club in 
Chuckatuck. 

  The body will remain at the R.[W. Baker & Co. funeral home] until time to be 
taken to the home for the 1:30 p.m. services.  Officiating will be the 
Reverend A.R. Turner, pastor of the Crittenden Methodist Church, and Dr. H.S. 
Hardcastle, pastor of the Oakland Christian Church. 

  Burial will be in Mt. Zion Christian Church Cemetery. 

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Mrs. Nellie Gilliam Was Buried Sunday In Crittenden 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Mumford Gilliam were were conducted at the 
residence in Crittenden Sunday by the Rev. H.S. Hardcastle and the Rev. A.R. 
Turner.  Active pallbearers were Barbee Gilliam, Quincy B. Gilliam, Ray T. 
Gilliam, Richard Gilliam, Lynwood L. Mason, W. Lester Mason, Eddie B. Mason 
and Thomas G. Pittman. 

  Burial was in Mt. Zion Christian Church Cemetery in Crittenden. 


Nellie Dean (MUNFORD; Mrs. Wm. West) GILLIAM, 
b. 9 Aug 1872, Northampton Co., d. 25 Nov 1955, at home, Crittenden, 
interred in Mount Zion Christian Church Cemetery*, Crittenden, 27 Nov 1955, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 33, No. 270, Sun., Nov. 27, 1955, p. 3; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 31, No. 27, Thurs., Dec. 1, 1955, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Mount Zion list (Z-8), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/mtzion.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by David Kemp - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #102287378, which gives her maiden name as MONFORD. 

D.Cert. 26396 (Chuckatuck #3) also gives daughter of Paul B. & Nannie (MASON) 
   MUMFORD; no informant is given. 

Rather, her father was Richard MUNFORD.  Paul Bernard MUNFORD (b. ca. 1874) 
   was her brother. 


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