Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gwynn, Diamond L., 1939 

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Funeral Rites For D. L. Gwynn Set Tomorrow 

  Funeral services for Diamond L. Gwynn, 54, who died yesterday at a local 
hospital, will be held tomorrow afternoon at the funeral home of I.O. Hill 
& Co. at two o'clock, with Dr. H.J. Goodwin, pastor of the First Baptist 
Church, conducting the services.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill cemetery. 

  Mr. Gwynn was for many years a merchant in the city and had been in ill 
health for some time.  He was a member of the First Baptist Church. 

  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Edith W. Gwynn; his widow [sic; mother], Mrs. 
Eugenia B. Gwynn; a sister, Fannie Gwynn, and two brothers, Robert C. Gwynn 
and George L. Gwynn, all of Suffolk.  A nephew, W.A. Wilcox, also survives. 

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D.L. Gwynn Buried At Cedar Hill 

  Funeral services for Diamond L. Gwynn, a well-known local merchant, were 
held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the funeral home of I.O. Hill & Company, 
conducted by Dr. H.J. Goodwin, D.D., pastor at the First Baptist Church. 

  A quartette composed of Mrs. A. Claudia Jacobs, Mrs. D.L. Harrell, W.J. 
Work, and T. Byron Cutchins, accompanied by Mrs. W.J. Work, sang the hymns 
"God Will Take Care of You," and "Sometime We'll Understand." 

  There were many handsome floral tributes.  The casket was covered with a 
pall of white chrysanthemums and red roses. 

  Active pallbearers: M.A. Cross, George S. Swain, Job Saunders, Alfred 
Russell, J.C. Darden, H.M. Haynes, and C.D. Andrews.  Honorary pallbearers 
were friends of the family. 

  Interment was made in Cedar Hill cemetery. 


Diamond Lee GWYNN, Suffolk merchant, 
b. 23 Dec 1885, Nansemond Co., d. 10 Nov 1939, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 12 Nov 1939, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 17, No. 198, Sat., Nov. 11, 1939, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 17, No. 199, Mon., Nov. 13, 1939, p. 8 

*Unmarked?  Added to the Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 

His parents, Amos & Eugenia Florence (BALLARD) GWYNN, are also buried there. 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

D.Cert. 24173 (Suffolk #289) 

His widow, Edith Campbell (WIGGINS) GWYNN (1900 - 1973), is buried in 
   Greenlawn Memorial Park, Newport News. 


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Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

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