Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gardner, David, 1940 

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Last Rites Sunday For David Gardner

  Funeral services tor David Gardner, aged 38, who was killed late yesterday 
afternoon, by falling logs near Waverly, will be held Sunday afternoon at the 
funeral home of I.O. Hill & Co. at 2:30. 

  The Rev. R.E. Brittle will officiate.  Burial will be made in the Cypress 
Chapel cemetery. 

  An employee of the J.S. Perry Lumber Company, Mr. Gardner was widely known 
in Suffolk. 

  While unloading the truck of logs, Mr. Gardner was struck by a falling log 
which crushed his chest. 

  Mr. Gardner is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Gardner; a daughter, 
Marjorie Gardner; a son, David Benjamin. Gardner, all of Suffolk; his mother, 
Mrs. Mary Gardner, of Zuni; a sister, Mrs. Mary Joyner, of Zuni; a brother, 
Robert Gardner, of Capron; three half sisters, Mrs. Alice Ashley, of Suffolk, 
Mrs. Lizzie Turner, of Zuni, and Miss Susie Gardner, of Zuni; three half 
brothers, Adolphus Gardner, of Magnolia, Joshua Gardner of Nurneyville, and 
Ray Gardner of Suffolk. 

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Last Rites Are Held For David Gardner 

  Funeral Services for David Gardner were held yesterday afternoon at the I.O. 
Hill funeral home at 2:30 with the Rev. R.E. Brittle officiating. 

  The Rev. Mr. Brittle, accompanied by Miss Mary Jones, sang "Sweet Peace, The 
Gift Of God's Love."  Miss Hazel Carr sang "God’s Tomorrow."  Mrs. A.E. Byrum 
sang "No Disappointment In Heaven." 

  The casket spray was of ascension lillies and white gladiloli. 

  Active pallbearers were Zacky Perry, Joe Perry, Starkey Perry, Fermer Perry, 
Linwood Brinkley, Simmie Horton, Ralph O'Berry and J. W. Brinkley. 

  Friends of the family acted as honorary pallbearers. 

  Burial was made in the Cypress Chapel cemetery. 


David GARDNER, log truck driver, 
b. 1 Sep 1912, Nansemond Co., 
crushed by rolling log 18 Jul 1940, near Waverly, Sussex Co., 
d. 18 Jul 1940, Suffolk, 
interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 21 Jul 1940, 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 18, No. 101, Fri., July 19, 1940, p. 12, col. 5; 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 18, No. 103, Mon., July 22, 1940, p. 1, col. 5 

*His father & both wives are also buried there. 
   Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 16525 (Suffolk #221) 

His widow is buried in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Holly Lawn list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 


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