Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....King, James E., 1987 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JAMES EDWARD KING SUFFOLK - James Edward King, 83, a retired farmer, died April 20, in a Franklin hospital. Mr. King, a native of Nansemond County, was a member of Cypress Chapel Christian Church. Survivors include his wife, Gertrude Baines King; a daughter, Rose K. Raiford, and a brother, Moscoe J. King, both of Suffolk; three granddaughters, Patricia Hundley and Kaye Raiford, both of Suffolk, and Kathy Gavin of Franklin, three great-grandchildren and three nephews. The graveside service was conducted Wednesday in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery by the Revs. Willis Dowling and R.E. Brittle. Wright Funeral Home handled arrangements. James Edward KING, retired farmer, Nansemond Co. native, d. 20 Apr 1987, Franklin, age 83, interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 22 Apr 1987, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 16, 1987, p. 6A *His mother, Ida D. (HARRELL) KING, is also buried there. Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt His paternal grandparents are buried in a KING family cemetery, on Little Fork Rd. His father, John Richard "Dick" KING, had been added to the list. Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-12), another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol4.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/k520j6ob.txt