Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harrell, Osroe R. Sr., 1959 

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Rites Here Tomorrow For O.R. Harrell, Sr. 

  Funeral services for Osroe Riddick Harrell, Sr. will be conducted Thursday 
at 4 p.m., at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. Mahlon H. Elliott, pastor of 
Oxford Methodist Church.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Members of the John E. Martin Bible Class of Oxford Methodist Church and the 
Suffolk Volunteer Fire Department will serve as honorary pallbearers. 

  An antique dealer and an outstanding cabinetmaker in the Tidewater area for 
the past 37 years, he died Tuesday at 3:25 p.m. at his home, 218 Pinner St., 
after a short illness.  He was 55 years old. 

  A native of Gates County, N.C., he was a son of Noah B. and Minnie Pinkham 
[sic; Tinkham] Harrell.  He operated Harrell's Antique Shop. 

  He was a life member of the Suffolk Volunteer Fire Dept. and had not missed 
a department monthly meeting in 22 years.  He was also a player in the Suffolk 
Checker Club. 

  He was a member of Oxford Methodist Church and of its John E. Martin Bible 
Class. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elsie Mae Bryant Harrell; a son, O. Riddick 
Harrell, Jr., of the home; three sisters, Mrs. John Horton and Mrs. Vernon 
Stewart of South Norfolk and Mrs. Orion Parker, of Eure, N.C.; three brothers, 
Levi Harrell of Eure, Raleigh Harrell, of South Norfolk and Franklin Harrell 
of Norfolk. 

[photo, captioned:] 

O. R. HARRELL 


Osroe Riddick HARRELL, Sr., antiques dealer & cabinetmaker, 
b. 5 Mar 1904, Eure, Gates Co., NC, d. 16 Jun 1959, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 17*), Suffolk, 18 Jun 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 145, Wed., June 17, 1959, 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 Jake Dog - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #64452282. 

D.Cert. 14984 (Suffolk #34) 

His parents are buried in Cool Spring Baptist Church Cemetery, Eure, NC. 


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