Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jacobs, Rozel, 1921 

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ROZEL JACOBS

   Rozel Jacobs, a prominent business man of this city, died Wednesday morning 
at his home in Wellons Street after several months’ of failing health, in the 
75th year of his age.

   Mr. Jacobs, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., came to Suffolk thirty-three years 
ago and engaged in the manufacture of bricks, and was for years a member of the 
Suffolk Clay Company.

   He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie Jacobs; four sons, W.R. Jacobs, of 
Pasadena, Calif.; H.L. Jacobs and R.L. Jacobs, fire chief of Suffolk, and Guy R. 
Jacobs, of Fresno, Calif.; and three daughters, Mrs. W.R. Mitchell, Mrs. R.H. 
Brinkley and Mrs. R.O. Harvey, of Suffolk; also one sister, Mrs. Matilda Rick, 
of Lakewood, N.J., who has been with him for the past month.

   He was member of the Methodist Church of his native city, and the funeral 
services, held Thursday afternoon at the residence in 109 Wellons Street, was 
conducted by Rev. H.P. Clarke, of the Main Street M.E. Church, assisted by Dr. 
W.W. Stanley, of the Christian Church.

   Interment was made in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

   The active pallbearers were: H.S. Eley, H.J. Bowen, C.A. Shoop, John Eley, 
J.M. Butler, and J.M. Darden. Honorary, Dr. H.W. Campbell, William Eley, Judge 
James L. McLemore, Dr. J.M. Gibson, R.W. Baker, A.A. Riddick, W.J. Oliver, Col. 
J.H. Macleary, Hersey Woodward, Sr., Col. J.E. West, W.H. Barnes, Dr. J.M. 
Calhoun, W.W. Ballard, J. Walter Hosier.

Rozel JACOBS, retired brick manufacturer, 
b. Elizabeth, PA, d. 28 Sep 1921, Suffolk, age 75, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block F, Lot 126*), Suffolk, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt 


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