Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kernodle, Louise W. Nurney, 1942 

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LOUISE WELLONS NURNEY KERNODLE

MRS. KERNODLE, HISTORIAN, DIES, AGE 75

   Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Wellons Nurney, 75, widow of Peter Jefferson 
Kernodle and well known here as a writer and historian for many patriotic 
organizations, who died Tuesday after an illness of several months at the home 
of her son, John T. Kernodle, 1501 Libbie Avenue, will be held at noon Wednesday 
at the Billups Funeral Home, Twenty-fifth and Marshall Streets. Following the 
service here, the body will be taken to Suffolk, where a service will be held at 
3:30 p.m. at the grave.

   Mrs. Kernodle, a daughter of John Thomas Nurney and Mrs. Sarah Norfleet 
Nurney, was born November 28, 1866, in Suffolk and was educated at the Suffolk 
Collegiate Institute, at Norfolk College and at Miss Harris’ School at Staunton.

   She was the author of several short stories and of a novel entitled "Princess 
Mae."  Just prior to her last illness, she had completed the rough draft of a 
history of Virginia. She had made a special study of the history of the City of 
Richmond "Guide Books," which were published continuously under her supervision 
from 1913 to 1940.

   Mrs. Kernodle had been for 26 years historian of the Richmond Chapter, 
U.D.C.; she was a charter member of the Ladies; Auxiliary of Richmond Post No. 
1, American Legion; a member of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues’ Auxiliary; of 
the Association for the preservation of Virginia Antiquities, the Confederate 
Memorial Literary Society, the Order of Eastern star, and many other civic and 
patriotic organizations. She also served as a member of the board of the Retreat 
for the Sick Hospital.

   She is survived by her son, John Thomas Kernodle, of Richmond.


[Louise Wellons (NURNEY; Mrs. Peter J.) KERNODLE, d. 12 May 1942, Richmond, age 75, 
 interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block E, Lot 47), Suffolk, 13 May 1942, 
 "The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," ca. May 13, 1942] 

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