Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......King, Mary E. Crump, 1938 

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MARY EMMA CRUMP KING

   Suffolk, April 18 - Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Emma Crump King, widow 
of John King and well known resident of Suffolk, who died at Lakeview Hospital 
on Saturday night after a long illness were held this afternoon at 4 o’clock 
at the Suffolk Christian Church of which she was a member and active worker 
for many years.

   Dr. John G. Truitt, pastor, was assisted in the service by Dr. A.L. 
Franklin of Main Street M.E. Church.  Burial was in the King lot in Cedar Hill 
Cemetery.

   The casket was covered in a pall of Easter Lilies, pink roses and lilies of 
the valley and there were many handsome floral designs among them floral 
tributes from the Suffolk Social Club of which she was president the Woman’s 
Home and Foreign Missionary Society, The Eastern Virginia Christian Woman’s 
Missionary Conference, the Ladies Benevolent and Social Union of the Suffolk 
Christian Church, and the Sans Souck Literary Club, groups of the organization 
of which Mrs. King was a member attended.

   The hymns "Abide with Me", "How a Firm Foundation" and "There is a Land 
that is Fairer Than Day" were sung by the choir of the church.

   Mrs. King was the daughter of the late Ocie and Mattie Beaman Crump of 
Nansemond and Isle of Wight counties.  She is survived by a sister, Zaldee 
Crump, her devoted companion for many years, a number of cousins, and nieces 
and nephews by marriage.  She was prominent in church, social and civic work, 
and was president of the Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society, the 
Suffolk Social Club and district superintendent of Nansemond-Gates-Franklin 
Eastern Virginian Woman’s Conference of the Christian Church and was a member 
of the Ladies Benevolent and Social Union of the Christian Church.  She was 
also a member of the Woman’s Club and the Silver Cross Circle of the King’s 
Daughters.

   Pallbearers were W.V. Leathers, H.T. Ramsey, Marshall Andrews, C.J. Dennis, 
Jr., J.C. Causey, Jr., W.J. Cohen, Dr. F. Whitney Godwin and Willie C. King. 
Honorary pallbearers were friends of the family.


Mary Emma (CRUMP; Mrs. John) KING, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 16 Apr 1938, Suffolk, age 73, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 3*), Suffolk, 18 Apr 1938, 
donated obit, newspaper 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 
   Her parents are buried in the same lot: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

Her father's obits ("Virginian-Pilot," Feb. 4, 1900, p. 8 & donated) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c651o1ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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