Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holton, D. Annie King, 1934 

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MRS. HOLTON IS BURIED TODAY 

Funeral Services For Mrs. Annie King Holton, Who Died Saturday, 
   Held At 3 P. M. Today. 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Holton, widow of W.R. Holton, were held from 
the family residence in Lakeside this afternoon at 3 o'clock with the Rev. Dr. 
John G. Truitt conducting the rites. 

  Mrs. Holton died Saturday afternoon from an illness of long duration.  She 
was 52 years of age.  Her late husband died only a few weeks ago.  Mrs. Holton 
was a member of an old and prominent Suffolk family, being the daughter of the 
late Woodville A. King and Mrs. Etta M. King. 

  Surviving Mrs. Holton are four sons, Woodville, Jack and Kendall Holton of 
Suffolk, and W. Robert Holton, Jr., of Keyport, Washington; two daughters, 
Misses LeClaire and Ann Holton; three sisters, Mrs. Otis S. Smith, Jr., Mrs. 
Emma King Moseley and Miss Inez King. 

  At the funeral services this afternoon a quartette composed of Mrs. Telza 
Miller, Mrs. Archie Smither, Arthur Herrick and Hersey Woodward, Jr., sang 
"Sometime We'll Understand" and "Nearer My God To Thee." 

  The casket was covered with a pall of ascension lilies and asters. 

  Burial was in the family plot at Cedar Hill cemetery. 

  Active pallbearers included Edward and John Walter King, Claudius J. 
Riddick, Jr., R.B. Hill, Thomas Adkins, Dr. F.J. Morrison, J.W. Hollowell and 
Claud E. Eley. 

  Honorary pallbearers were friends of the family. 

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ANNIE KING HOLTON 

  Suffolk, Sept. 17. - Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Holton King [sic], 
widow of W.R. Holton, deceased, who preceded her to the grave a month ago, 
were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home in Lakeside, conducted by 
the Rev. John G. Truitt, D.D., pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church, in 
which Mrs. Holton held membership. 

  A quartet from the church composed of Mrs. Telza Miller, Mrs. Archer 
Smither, Arthur Herrick and Hersey Woodward, Jr. sang "Nearer, My God, to 
Thee," and "Sometime We'll Understand." 

  The casket was covered with a pall of Ascension lilies and asters, and there 
were many other beautiful floral designs. 

  Active pallbearers were John Walter and Edward King, Claudius Riddick, R.B. 
Hill, Thomas Adkins, Dr. F.J. Morrison, J.W. Hollowell and C.E. Eley. 

  Friends of the family were honorary pallbearers.  Burial was in Cedar Hill 
Cemetery. 


Deborah Ann "Annie" (KING; Mrs. William Robert) HOLTON, 
b. 23 Apr 1882, Nansemond Co., d. 15 Sep 1934, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 98*), Suffolk, 17 Sep 1934, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 12, No. 152, Mon., Sep. 17, 1934, p. 1; 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Tues., Sep. 18, 1934, p. 14 

*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 her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #91122702. 

Her parents are buried in the same lot: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt 

D.Cert. 21228 (Suffolk #270) 


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