Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....King, John & Ocie, 1897 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ John & Ocie KING TOWN OF SUFFOLK [...] Two Children Die in One Day - [...] Suffolk, Va., September 3. - (Special.) - [...] AN AGONIZING BLOW. Mr. and Mrs. John A. King, of Windsor, were terribly bereaved to-day. They lost by death two sons - all they had. Asie, 5 years old, died this morning after a short illness with congestion of the brain. John, aged 9, followed his younger brother over the river this afternoon. Fever killed him. They will be buried together. Mr. King is one of largest merchants at Windsor. He is well known in Suffolk. John KING, son of John & Mary E. (CRUMP) KING, of Windsor, b. 22 Nov 1889, d. 3 Sep 1897*, Ocie KING, son of John & Mary E. (CRUMP) KING, of Windsor, b. 9 Oct 1893, d. 3 Sep 1897*, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 3*), Suffolk, "The Norfolk Virginian," Sep. 4, 1897, p. 7, col. 1-2 *Their stone shows d. 8 Sep 1897. Their parents & maternal grandparents are also buried there. Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by and transcribed by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/k520j5ob.txt