Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Locke, Ida L. Avent, 1969 

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IDA LOUISE AVENT LOCKE 

MRS. IDA A. LOCKE 

  Mrs. Ida Avent Locke, 74, died Sunday at 5 a.m. in her home at 240 Chestnut 
St. 

  A native of Branchville, she was the widow of Beaty Stapleton Locke and a 
daughter of Delbrose [sic; Delbrose] Claborn and Mrs. Delia Sykes Avent. 

  She was a member of Branchville Baptist Church. 

  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. William S. Cuthriell of Portsmouth; two 
sisters, Mrs. Nolle Bolton of Margarettsville, N.C., and Mrs. Lottie Johnson 
of Franklin; and four grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Cedar Hill 
Cemetery by the Rev. K. Donald Berg.  I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home has charge. 

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IDA LOUISE AVENT LOCKE 

   SUFFOLK - A graveside funeral service for Mrs. Ida Avent Locke was 
conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk by the Rev. 
K. Donald Berg.  I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home was in charge. 

   Pallbearers were W. Delbroe Johnson, Marion L. Tyler, Hugh Daughtrey, 
John Clark, Roland Howell, Bennett Howell, William Davis and William Nelms. 

   Mrs. Locke, 74, died Sunday at 5 a.m. in her home at 240 Chestnut St. 

   A native of Branchville, she was the widow of Beaty Stapleton Locke and 
a daughter of Delbroe Claborn and Mrs. Delia Sykes Avent. 

   She was a member of Branchville Baptist Church. 

   Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. William S. Cuthriell of Portsmouth; two 
sisters, Mrs. Nolie Bolton of Margarettsville, N.C., and Mrs. Lottie Johnson 
of Franklin; and four grandchildren. 


Ida Louise (AVENT; Mrs. Beaty S.) LOCKE, dress maker, 
b. 28 Sep 1894, Branchville, Southampton Co., d. 11 May 1969, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block S, Lot 20*), Suffolk, 13 May 1969, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 47, No. 113, Mon., May 12, 1969, p. 8; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., May 15, 1969, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #91419313. 

D.Cert. 69-014726 also gives her father as Delbroe Claborn - name appears 
   elsewhere as "Dellie" Delbroe Claiborne. 

Her husband's gravestone gives the wrong dates.  D.Cert. 11843 (Buckhorn #5) 
   gives B.L. LOCKE, burned beyond recognition 6 May 1947, Union Level, 
   Mecklenburg Co.; buried Zion Cemetery, Union Level. 

They m. 31 Dec 1919 in Franklin; Beaty's step-mother Josephine is given as 
   his mother.  (Southampton Co. MB17:577) 

His parents, Rev. Stephen Willis & Susan Della (SMITH) LOCKE, are buried in 
   Mount Olive Cemetery, Bonifay, Holmes Co., FL. 


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