Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Herrington, Robert G., 1946 

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Robert Heffington Dies In Automobile Accident 

  SUFFOLK, July 3 - A local youth was killed and his companion was injured 
critically late yesterday afternoon when the automobile in which they were 
riding toward Suffolk rammed the underpass of the Atlantic Coast Line 
railroad, which spans Route 58. 

  Robert Garland Herrington, 20, recently discharged from the Navy, died of a 
fractured skull at the scene of the accident, and John A. Howell of Route 3, 
Norfolk, was taken to Lakeview Hospital, where he was reported to have 
suffered a possible fractured skull, brain concussion, and internal injuries. 
Both were employed in the Norfolk office of A.L. Wright, Jr., and Company, 
which deals in refrigerator service. 

  Heffington, who resided with his grandmother, Mrs. Fred Pierce of 304 
Highland Avenue, began to work for the company only last week as an apprentice 
in refrigerator service.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. T.O. Heffington of 
Hobson and served 22 months in the Pacific.  Other survivors include four 
brothers, Carlton E. and Frederickson T. Heffington, both of Suffolk, and 
Milton F. and Earl Heffington, both of Hobson, and two sisters, Mrs. John D. 
Parr, of Suffolk, and Miss Betty Anne Heffington of Hobson. 

  Harrell is married and has six children. 

  Funeral services for Heffington will be conducted at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the 
Hill Funeral Home with Rev. J. Lester Lane, pastor of the First Baptist 
Church, officiating.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

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R. G. Heffington Funeral Held 

  SUFFOLK, July 5. - Funeral services for Robert G. Heffington, who was 
killed Tuesday in an automobile accident on the Norfolk-Suffolk Highway, 
were conducted yesterday afternoon at the Hill Funeral Home.  Rev. J. 
Lester Lane, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated. 

  Mrs. Claudia Jacobs, Mrs. Vernon Spivey and Rev. Charles W. Jones, 
accompanied by Mrs. Julian Goodwin, sang, "The Old Rugged Cross," and Rev. 
Jones sang, "Sunrise." 

  The pall was of Easter lilies, pink and yellow gladioli and baby's breath. 
Active pallbearers were Thomas Blair, J.W. Nelms, Worth Davenport, Thomas 
Hearn Jr., Chappelle Hancock, Luther Gray, Lloyd Grady and Joseph Byrum. 
Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


"Bobby" Robert Garland HEFFINGTON, Navy veteran of WW-II, 
b. 26 May 1926, Drivers, killed in crash 2 Jul 1946, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block Y, Lot 16*), Suffolk, 4 Jul 1946, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 84, Wed., July 3, 1946, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 85, Fri., July 5, 1946, p. 3 

*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 Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #93197635. 

His parents are buried in the same lot. 

D.Cert. 15886 (Sleepy Hole #173) 


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