Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Luke, Elizabeth F. Norfleet, 1915 

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          MORTUARY 

    MRS. ELIZABETH LUKE 

  Suffolk, Va., March 8. - Mrs. Elizabeth Luke, a well-known resident of the 
county, died yesterday at her home near Myrtle.  She was 82 years old. 

 She is survived by three sons, A.H. Luke, of Suffolk; S.A. and H.S. Luke, of 
Myrtle; Mrs. Walter Eason, of Suffolk, is a granddaughter of the deceased. 

  The funeral services were conducted this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the 
residence by Rev. H.H. Butler.  The interment was made in the family cemetery. 

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       Mrs. Elizabeth F. Luke. 

  Suffolk, Va., March 9. - Mrs. Elizabeth F. Duke, a well-known resident of 
the county, died Sunday at her home near Myrtle.  She was eighty-two years 
old. 

  She is survived by three sons, A.H. Luke, of Suffolk; S.A. and H.S. Luke, of 
Myrtle; Mrs. Walter Eason, of Suffolk, is a granddaughter of the deceased. 

  The funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at 
the residence by Rev. H.H. Butler.  The interment was made in the family 
cemetery. 


Elizabeth Frances (NORFLEET; Mrs. James W.) LUKE, 
b. 23 Jun 1833, Nansemond Co., d. 7 Mar 1915, at home, near Myrtle, 
interred in the LUKE family cemetery*, near Myrtle, 8 Mar 1915, 
"Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 49, No. 68, Tues., March 9, 1915, 
   p. 10; 
"Richmond Virginian," Vol. 6, No. 43, Wed., March 10, 1915, p. 5, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #141802347, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum [no grave photo] 

*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. 

D.Cert. 6581 (Chuckatuck Dist.) 

Find a Grave Memorial #141802347 gives b. 23 Jun 1833. 

The 1900 Census - Chuckatuck Dist., Nansemond Co. - gives m. 20 years, 3 of 7 
   children surviving. 

Rather, they m. 16 Feb 1854. 

Her husband was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Riddick's 
   Co., 59th VA Militia, and in Co. I, 1st SC Infantry.  His obits 
   ("Times-Dispatch" & "Virginian-Pilot," July 1911) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/l200j5ob.txt 

Elizabeth applied for a pension 5 Apr 1912; the War Dept. found only the 
   record of J.W. Luke, 1st South Carolina Infantry, Company L, Private, who 
   died Oct. 18, 1862 in a Richmond hospital; Dr. James M. Gibson certified 
   James died of the infirmities of age, with organic heart disease.  The 
   index mis-reads her name as Elizabeth P. 


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