Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Luke, Daisy E. Stephenson, 1955 

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DAISY ELDER STEPHENSON LUKE 

Rites Tomorrow For Mrs. Daisy S. Luke 

  Funeral services tor Mrs. Daisy Stephens [sic; Stephenson] Luke, 67, who 
died yesterday at the home of her son Sherman Luke, near Myrtle, will be held 
at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the I.O. Hill Funeral Home.  The Rev. R.E. 
Brittle, the Rev. B.A. Riddle and the Rev. D. Hardison will offciate and 
burial will be in the Luke family cemetery near Myrtle. 

  Mrs. Luke was the wife of the late Herbert Stanley Luke and a daughter of 
William John Stephenson, of Nansemond County. 

  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. J.J. Carr, of Nasemond County; two sons, 
Sherman Luke, of Nansemond County and William Luke, of Whaleyville, two 
sisters, Mrs. Ballie Holland and Mrs. Jessie Warren, both of Windsor; two 
brothers, Jasper Stephens, of Richmond, and Sidney Stephens, of Windsor; 12 
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. 

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Rites Held Yesterday For Mrs. Daisy Luke 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Stephens Luke, who died Monday, were held 
yesterday afternoon at the Hill Funeral Home with the Rev. B.A. Riddle, pastor 
of Western Branch Baptist Church, the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of Bethlehem 
Christian Church, and the Rev. D.M. Hardison, pastor of the Baptist 
Tabernacle, officiating. 

  The pall was of red roses and white carnations.  J.V. Fuquay, accompanied by 
Mrs. Webb Pinner, sang, "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder" and "In the Sweet 
Bye and Bye." 

  Burial was in the Luke Family Cemetery near Myrtle.  Pallbearers were 
Richard Williams, James Carr, Edward Carr, Mills Pruden, Homer Jones, Norman 
White, Vernon White and Gavin Parker. 


Daisy Elder (STEPHENSON; Mrs. Herbert Stanley "Babe") LUKE, 
b. 10 Dec 1882*, Nansemond Co., d. 21 Mar 1955, at son's home, near Myrtle, 
interred in the LUKE family cemetery*, Myrtle, 24 Oct 1940, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 33, No. 69, Tues., Mar. 22, 1955, p. 1, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #141802233, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum [no grave photo]; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 33, No. 72, Fri., Mar. 25, 1955, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Site not known (Dec 2025) to the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project. 

Find a Grave Cemetery ID #2567105 gives Joshua Ln. 

Find a Grave Memorial #141802233 gives Daisy Ellen (STEPHENS) 
   LUKE, b. 10 Dec 1882. 

Rather, she was Daisy Elder, daughter of John William & Martha Virginia 
   "Jennie" (ARCHER) STEPHENSON.  John, son of Exum & Mildred "Milly" 
   STEPHENSON, & Jennie, daughter of William & Polly (GAY) ARCHER, m. 
   23 Dec 1875.  (Nansemond Co. #80) 

D.Cert. 7012 (Upper Chuckatuck #84) gives b. 10 Dec 1887. 

Daisy, 24, & Herbert, 23, m. 19 Dec 1906.  (Nansemond Co. #240) 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Oct. 21 & 25, 1940) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/l200h3ob.txt 

Her brother Wm. Jasper STEPHENSON (1880 - 1962) is buried in Poplar Spring 
   Cemetery, Franklin - Sect. 2, Plot 70A. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Her brother John Sidney STEPHENSON (1894 1982) is buried in Western Branch 
   Baptist Church Cemetery.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Western Branch list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.txt 

Their mother's obit ("Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," November 15, 1930, 
   p. 13) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/s315v2ob.txt 


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