Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hutchins, Charles L., 1949 

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BULLETIN 

Charles L. Hutchins City Clerk, Dies 

  Charles L. Hutchins, 81-year-old veteran City Clerk here died at his home 
in Kingsboro this afternoon about 3 o'clock. 

  Serving the duties of Suffolk City Clerk and Clerk of the Circuit Court for 
approximately 31 years, "Cap'n" Charlie died following a long illness. 

  A native of Maryland, Mr. Hutchins came to Suffolk in 1890 and was employed 
here with the Suffolk and Carolina Railway Company. 

  In the subsequent 17 years service with the railway company he was promoted 
to agent, then to superintendent and later to a position in the auditor's 
office and finally as general manager of the road. 

  In the intervening years after leaving the railroad, Mr. Hutchins served 
with the Gay Manufacturing Company in the capacities of general manager and 
treasurer and later held responsible offices with W.S. Cross and Company and 
the Carr Knitting Mills. 

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Funeral Rites Saturday For Charles L. Hutchins 

  Funeral services for Charles L. Hutchins, 81, who died yesterday afternoon 
at 3 o'clock at his home on Katherine Street after a long illness, will be 
held tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. 

  The Rev. John A. Winslow, rector, will officate at the services.  Interment 
will take place in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Members of the City Council and officials of the City of Suffolk have been 
requested to serve as honorary pall bearers. 

  The body now rests at the Baker Funeral Home, where it will remain until 
tomorrow morning just before the funeral hour, when it will be taken to the 
church. 

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances Quinby [Quimby] Hutchins; three 
sons, Charles Q. and William M. Hutchins of Suffolk, and Ashley M. Hutchins 
of Santa Fe, New Mexico; two daughters, Mrs. Frances Hutchins West and Miss 
Helen M. Hutchins, both of Suffolk; two sisters, Mrs. J. Myers Pearce and 
Mrs. Harry T. Pearce of Monkton, Maryland; three grandchildren, Helen Sherwood 
West, J.C. West, IV, and Virginia Reid West. 

Native of Maryland 

  The son of John F. [sic; S.] and Mary [J. Hawkins Hutchins, he was born in] 
Hartford [sic; Baltimore] County, Maryland in 1868.  Coming to Suffolk in 1890 
he worked for the Suffolk Carolina Railroad as clerk for 17 years, after which 
he was employed by the Gay Manufacturing Company for seven years in the 
capacity of general manager and treasurer. 

  He first entered public office when he was appointed to fill the unexpired 
term of the former clerk of court, who had resigned.  He was elected to an 
eight-year term the following year without opposition and has held the office 
ever since, a total of 31 years, running always without opposition. 

  Mr. Hutchins would have ended his fourth term as clerk of court in 1951. 
Last Thursday night City Council elected him to serve a new term of office. 

  He had been in excellent health until last June when he became ill of a 
disease which was said to be typhoid fever.  He recovered somewhat and was 
able to return to his home from a local hospital, but he never regained his 
strength. 

  Last January 6 he celebrated his 81st birthday anniversary by working a full 
day at his office and serving that night throughout a long session of City 
Council. 


"Cap'n Charlie" Charles Lee HUTCHINS, 
   Suffolk City Clerk & Clerk of the Circuit Court, 
b. 14 Mar 1868, Monkton, Baltimore Co., MD, d. 22 Sep 1949, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 62*), Suffolk, 26 Jan 1961, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 26, No. 144, Thurs., Sep. 22, 1949, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 26, No. 145, Fri., Sep. 23, 1949, p. 1 

*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 #90633543. 

His parents, John Standiford & Mary J. (HAWKINS) HUTCHINS, are buried in 
   Saint James of My Lady's Manor Episcopal Church Cemetery, Monkton, MD. 

D.Cert. 20172 (Suffolk #255) 

His wife's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Jan. 25, 1961, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h325f1ob.txt 


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