Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kennedy, Oscar G., 1989 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ OSCAR GEORGE KENNEDY OSCAR G. KENNEDY, OWNED TENT SHOP Suffolk - Oscar George Kennedy, retired owner of Suffolk Tent and Awning Co., died Jan. 2, 1989, in a nursing home. He was 78 and lived in the 500 block of N. Broad St. A native of Philadelphia, Mr. Kennedy started his business in the early 1950’s and retired in the mid-1970s. He was a member and honorary board member of Main Street United Methodist Church. He was past president and a member of Suffolk Kiwanis Club and a member of Suffolk Masonic Lodge 30 and Portsmouth Scottish Rite Bodies. Survivors include his wife, Rachel Wills Kennedy; a daughter, Paula K. Bishop of Suffolk; and a grandchild. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home by the Rev. David B. Leis. Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. Friends may join the family at the residence. Memorial donations may be made to the church’s memorial fund or to the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad. Oscar George KENNEDY, retired owner of Suffolk Tent & Awning, b. Philadelphia, PA, d. 2 Jan 1989, age 78, interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery (Block U, Lot 8*), Suffolk, donated obit, publication unknown *His parents are also buried there. Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt His father's (donated, 1953) obit is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/k530p1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/k530o1ob.txt