Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Grunnah, Nicholas, 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ BRITISH SUBJECT DIES IN COUNTY Came to U. S. in 1914; Service at Grave Tomorrow Nicholas Grunnah, aged 56, died at his home in Nansemond county at 11 o'clock yesterday morning after a brief illness. Mr. Grunnah was a British subject, having come to this country in 1914 as chief engineer of the S.S. Tustum. He is survived by one son who resides in Cardiff, Wales. The body was brought to the funeral home of R.W. Baker and Company. Funeral services will be held at the grave to Cedar Hill cemetery tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Herbert N. Tucker, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church. Active pallbearers will be: Frank Culpepper, P.D. Pruden. J.L. Williams, H.M. Pinner, C.D. Jordan, and Dr. C.H. Dawson. Mr. Grunnah had resided in Nansemond county for the past two years and was engaged in the poultry business. Nicholas GRUNNAH, Sr., poultry farmer, former chief engineer of S.S. Tustum, b. 1883, Cardiff, Wales, d. 25 Sep 1938, at home, Nansemond Co., interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 27 Sep 1938, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 16, No. 159, Mon., Sep. 26, 1938, pp. 1 & 6 *Additional information: Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt A photo of his gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #92580370, which lists him as GRUMAH. D.Cert. 21286 (Chuckatuck #250) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/g650n1ob.txt