Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Lewis, Grafton P., 1968 

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GRAFTON P. LEWIS 

  BUCKHORN - Grafton Parker Lewis, 54, a resident of this Nansemond County 
community, died at 9 a.m. today (Wednesday) enroute to Louise Obici Memorial 
Hospital. 

  A native of Nansemond County, he was the husband of Mrs. Tomsie Harrell 
Lewis and a son of the late Livie and Mrs. Mamie Hayes Lewis. 

  He was a member of Holland Baptist Church. 

  Surviving, besides his wife, are three sisters, Mrs. Hugh Gray of 
Carrsville, Mrs. Fenton Holland and Mrs. Richard Howell, both of Holland. 

  The body was taken to I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home pending completion 
of funeral arrangements. 

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GRAFTON P. LEWIS 

  Funeral services for Grafton Parker Lewis, who died Wednesday, will be 
conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in I.O. Hill & Company Funeral Home by 
the Rev. Carl Lee Ousley.  Burial will be in the Copeland family cemetery, 
near Buckhorn. 


Grafton Parker LEWIS, farmer, 
b. 8 Apr 1915, Nansemond Co., d. 5 Jun 1968, enroute to Suffolk, 
interred in the COPELAND family cemetery*, 8 Jun 1968, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 46, No. 135, Wed., June 5, 1968, p. 12; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 46, No. 136, Thurs., June 6, 1968, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (NV-I-22), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Amber Gonzalez - is posted 
   with Find a Grave Memorial #101217692. 

His widow & in-laws are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 68-019163 

His widow's obit appeared in the "Daily Press" Oct. 3, 1988. 

His parents are buried in the Holland Municipal Cemetery. 
   Holland list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt 


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