Nansemond-Southampton County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Horne, John E., 1954 

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John Elton Horne Buried Today In Suffolk, Va. 

  John Elton Horne, 45, of 111 Mulberry Avenue, Newport News, died June 29, 
1954, after an illness of two months. 

  He was a native of Ivor and had been a resident of Newport News for the 
last 27 years. 

  Mr. Horne was an employee of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock 
Company, serving there for the last 24 years. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Goldie Martha Horne of Newport News; six 
brothers, B.G. Horne, of Windsor; G.T. Horne, of Newport News; L.H. Horne 
of Windsor; L.L. Horne of Suffolk; J.B. Horne of Suffolk, and W.H. Horne 
of Richmond; six sisters, Mrs. J.R. Bowden and Mrs. J.J. Pulley, both of 
Newport News; Mrs. V.L. Lowe and Mrs. C.B. Davis, both of Richmond; Mrs. 
S.L. Lewis of Portsmouth, and Mrs. J.D. McClenny, of Sedley. 

  Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. from the Peninsula 
Funeral Home with the Rev. H.G. Tillman, pastor of Orchid Avenue Baptist 
Church, officiating.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 


John Elton HORNE, of Newport News, NNS&DD employee, 
b. 30 Oct 1907*, Southampton Co., d. 29 Jun 1954, Newport News, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 1 Jul 1954, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 38, No. 4, Thurs., July 8, 1954, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

WW-II draft card gives b. 30 Oct 1907, Southampton Co. 

D.Cert. 12323 (Newport News #300) gives b. 30 Oct 1909 ["8 Oct 1908" struck]; 
   informant: spouse Goldie Martha (JOHNSON) HORNE. 

His widow (1915 - 1987) 2m. Floyd Jennings LEIGH, 8 May 1959 (Newport News 
   #229); they are also buried in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

His parents, George Washington & Averilla Bernina (FELTS) HORNE, are buried 
   in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Tucker Swamp list (TS-22): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt 

His father's obits ("Virginian-Pilot" & "Smithfield Times," May 1932) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h650g1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Daily Press," Oct. 6, 1947, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h650a1ob.txt 


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