Nansemond-Brunswick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......George, Thomas W. Jr., 1959 

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THOMAS WILLIAM GEORGE 

RITES THURSDAY FOR T.W. GEORGE 

   Funeral services for Thomas William George, Jr., will be conducted Thursday 
at 2 p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of 
Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery. 

   Mr. George of 104 St. Ann Ave., Nansemond County, died Monday at 6:15 a.m. 
at Kecoughtan Veterans Hospital after an illness of four years. 

   He was the son of Mrs. W.M. Writtenberry of Driver, Va., and the late 
William Thomas George [sic*] of Brunswick County, Va.  He was a member of the 
Bethlehem Christian Church. 

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie C. George, four daughters, Mrs. 
Severn White, South Norfolk, Mrs. James Hill, Nansemond County, Mrs. Jack 
Crumpler, Suffolk and Miss Mary Alica George; three sons, William L. George 
and Raymond B. George, both of Holland, and Franklin Woodrow George of 
Nansemond Co.; two sisters, Mrs. C.T. Clary of Nansemond and Mrs. Frank J. 
Lassiter of Driver; one half brother, L.G. Writtenberry of Nansemond Co., and 
eight grandchildren. 

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Thomas W. George Buried Yesterday 

  Funeral services for Thomas William George were conducted Thursday afternoon 
at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of Bethlehem 
Christian Church.  Burial was in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery. 

  Mr. Brittle read two poems, "Crossing the Bar" and "The House By The Side of 
the Road." 

  Mrs. J. Webb Pinner Jr. played two organ solos, "Heaven of Rest" and "Hills 
of Home." 

  The casket was covered with a pall of red and white carnations. 

  Pallbearers were J.D. Rawls, Marvin Reid Jr., Clinton Worrell, Robert Duke, 
Lewis Duke, C.W. Howell Jr., Wesley Hedgepeth and Willie Hedgepeth. 


Thomas William GEORGE, Jr., Nansemond Co. farmer & carpenter, 
b. 9 May 1898, Brunswick Co., d. 5 Jan 1959, Hampton, 
interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery (Lot 7*), 8 Jan 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 4, Tues., Jan. 6, 1959, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 7, Fri., Jan. 9, 1959, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Bethlehem Christian list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/bethchr.txt 

His mother, Emma Rebecca (GODSEY GEORGE; Mrs. William M.) WRITTENBERRY, 
   is also buried there. 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Libby0716 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #104410963. 

D.Cert. 204 (Hampton #9) gives son of Mathew Lee & Emma (Godsey) George. 

His widow's (donated, 1993) obit is posted with Find a Grave 
   Memorial #104411159. 


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