Nansemond County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holden, Sarah C. Murray, 1927 

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SARAH CATHERINE HOLDEN 

SUFFOLK WOMAN DIES SATURDAY 

Mrs. S. C. Halder [sic; Holden], 61 Years Old, Dies at Residence 
   of Her Daughter in Newport News.

  After a lingering illness, Mrs. S.C. Halder, of Suffolk, died Saturday night 
at 9:45 in the home of her daughter, Mrs. B.B. Heath, in Newport News, aged 61 
years.  Mrs. Halder had made her home in Suffolk with her daughter, Mrs. 
George Johnson, until two weeks ago when she went to spend some time with Mrs. 
Heath.  She grew steadily worse after going to Newport News until the end 
came. 

  Mrs. Halder was a faithful member of the Suffolk Baptist church until 
failing health prevented her attending, being a woman of high Christian 
character and much beloved by her friends.  She is survived by her mother, 
Mrs. Murray, aged 95, two daughters, Mrs. George Johnson, of Suffolk, and 
Mrs. H.E. Heath, of Newport News; two sisters, Mrs. McDonald and Mrs. Puryear, 
of Norfolk, and 14 grandchildren. 

  Funeral service will he held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock in Newport News 
and the body will be brought to Suffolk for burial in Cedar Hill cemetery at 
4 o'clock. 


Sarah Catherine "Kate" (MURRAY ENNIS PARHAM; Mrs. Robert) HOLDEN, 
b. 8 Dec 1865, Nansemond Co., d. 6 Aug 1927, at daughter's home, Newport News, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block F, Lot 130*), Suffolk, 9 Aug 1927, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 5, No. 119, Mon., Aug. 8, 1927, 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 her gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #191279435. 

D.Cert. 19248 (Newport News #316) gives daughter of Elijah MURRAY, b. Norfolk 
   Co., & Laura KNIGHT, b. NC; div. 

Her first husband was John ENNIS.  Their daughter Effie Lee (ENNIS; Mrs. 
   George W. Jr.) JOHNSON & her husband are buried in Block I, Lot 63: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt 

Her 3m. record: 

Robert HOLDEN, 40, div., b. Baltimore, MD, res. Newport News, son of George & 
   Margaret HOLDEN, machinist; 
Sarah Catherine PARHAM, 37, b. Nansemond Co., res. Newport News, daughter of 
   L. & Laura MURRAY; 
m. 25 Nov 1903 Newport News by A.O. BUTLER  (Newport News M.Reg. #223) 

Her mother Laura Ann (KNIGHT; Mrs. Isaac Elijah) MURRAY (1843 - 1935), 
   daughter of Jack & Amelia KNIGHT, is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, 
   Norfolk.  Norfolk City USGenWeb Archives, Forest Lawn list: 
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/cemeteries/forestlawn/flc09-morr-newl.html 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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