Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kilby, Virginius S., 1924 

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VIRGINIUS SMITH KILBY

V.S. KILBY DEAD, FUNERAL SUNDAY - FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 
DIED AT HOSPITAL IN GREENSBORO, N.C. 

   The remains of the late Virginius Kilby will be brought to Suffolk on the 
Southern railway, arriving here tomorrow morning at about 8 o'clock.  The body 
will be taken to the home of Mr. Hersey Woodward on North Main street, where 
it will rest till 3 o'clock in the afternoon Sunday, when the funeral will 
take place from the Christian Church, with the Rev. W.W. Staley officiating.

   Virginius S. Kilby, aged 83 years, died this morning in Greensboro, N.C., 
where he had been ill since his return from Florida, where he had spent the 
winter with his daughter, Mrs. John W. Page, at Deland.  He is survived also 
by a son, James T. Kilby, of near Danville, Va.  For the past 15 years Mr. 
Kilby has been making his home with his daughter, spending his winters with 
her in Florida and at her home in North Carolina during the summers.

Confederate Veteran 

   Mr. Kilby has the distinction of having served throughout the Confederate 
War in Mahone's famous brigade, which saw hard service and was one of the few 
surviving members of Tom Smith Camp Confederate Veterans.  He was a son of the 
late Thomas J. Kilby and a member of one of the oldest and most prominent 
families of the state.  He was born in this city in a house that formerly 
stood on Main Street where the Seaboard Air Line railway crosses.

Deacon in Church 

   Mr. Kilby was a deacon in the Christian Church of Suffolk prior to his 
removal, and was the second superintendent of schools of Nansemond county 
under the present public school system.  He was a leading citizen of the 
community and took prominent part in all its affairs, having hosts of friends 
among the older citizens of the city.

   After the service at the Christian Church tomorrow afternoon the body will 
be taken to Saunders Station, where it will be laid to rest by the side of his 
wife, who preceded him to the grave in 1888.  Other arrangements for the 
funeral will be made this afternoon.


Virginius Smith KILBY, former Nansemond Co. school superintendent, 
Confederate veteran, 
b. 11 Sep 1839, Suffolk, d. 24 May 1924 Greensboro, NC, 
interred in the SAUNDERS Cemetery*, Desert Rd.- off White Marsh Rd., 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-58). 
   His parents are buried the KILBY Cemetery, on the shore of Lake Kilby. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

A brief sketch of his Confederate service is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/military/civilwar/cw_vets.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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