Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Heffington, Mary E. Joyner, 1923 

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     SUFFOLK DEATHS 

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  Mrs. Mary E. Heffington, 44, of Walters, Va., died Friday after a short 
illness.  Mrs. Heffington survived her husband just one week.  She is survived 
by four young children: Gladys, Lelia, Evelyn [sic; Eley], and Joyner 
Heffington; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.E.T. Joyner, of Walters; three 
sisters, Mrs. S. Lynn [sic; Leon] Lewis, Mrs. Otelia Johnson, of Zuni, and 
Miss Doris Joyner, of Walters; three brothers, J.F. Joyner, of Suffolk; Otis 
and Edward Joyner, Walters.  She was a niece of Major M.W. Joyner, of Suffolk. 

  Funeral services will be held at Mount Carmel Church Saturday afternoon at 1 
o'clock by Rev. E.T. White.  The body will be interred in Mount Carmel 
Cemetery. 


Mary Etta (JOYNER; Mrs. Robert E. Lee) HEFFINGTON, of Walters, 
b. 6 Aug 1878*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 22 Feb 1923, 
interred in Mt. Carmel Christian Church Cemetery*, Walters, 24 Feb 1923, 
"Virginian-Pilot and the Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 91, No. 55, 
   Sat., Feb. 24, 1923, p. 13 

*Additional information: 

Mt. Carmel list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #61: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #102005543. 

Her parents, her step-mother, & several of her half-siblings are also buried 
   there. 

No VA D.Cert. found. 

Mary is not enumerated with her family in the 1880 Census - 
   Windsor Dist., Isle of Wight Co. 

The 1900 Census - Sleepy Hole Dist., Nansemond Co. - does gives b. Aug 1878. 

Her husband's obits ("Virginian-Pilot and the Norfolk Landmark," 
  Feb. 15 & 16, 1923) do not mention Mary or the children; they are posted at: 
  http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h152r2ob.txt 

He is buried in Churchland Baptist Church Cemetery, Chesapeake. 
   His gravestone shows d. 23 Feb 1923; a photo of it - added by 
   Dylan Thomas - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #210484901. 
   Their daughter Gladys Eve GANZERT (1905 - 1958) is also buried there. 

Their youngest son Eley Smith HEFFINGTON (1913 - 1993) is buried in 
   Appomattox Cemetery, 


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file at: 
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