Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lewis, Sarah C.R. BRITT, 1941 

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MRS. SARA C. LEWIS 

  Mrs. Sara C. Lewis, widow of the late N.T. Lewis, died at the Riverside 
Hospital in Newport News. Va., at 12:10 a.m. this morning after a short 
illness. 

  She is survived by two sons, I.L. Lewis of Suffolk, and N.T. Lewis of 
Windsor, Va., five daughters, Mrs. I.Q. Joyner of Fox Hill, Va., Mrs. B.R. 
Johnson, Portsmouth, Va., Mrs. J.W. Holland of Chuckatuck, Va., [Mrs.] W.L. 
Hedgepeth of Suffolk, Va., and Mrs. Arthur Oakley, of Newport News, Va., also 
21 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, one half sister, Mrs. Cleveland Hall 
of Walters, Va.  She made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Oakley in 
Newport News, Va. 

  Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the funeral 
home of I.O. Hill & Company conducted by the Rev. H.S. Hardcastle and Dr. John 
G. Truitt. 

  Burial will be in Cedar Hill cemetery. 


Sarah Catherine R. (BRITT; Mrs. Nathan Turner Sr.) LEWIS, 
b. 14 Apr 1862, Isle of Wight Co., d. 18 Jan 1941, Newport News, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 19 Jan 1941, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 19, No. 16, Sat., Jan. 18, 1941, p. 8 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #85966176, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*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 Allison Stec Bell - 
   is also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #85966124 

Her husband's obit ("Smithfield Times," Jan. 1, 1931, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/l200n1ob.txt 

An abstract of his D.Cert. 28968 (Suffolk #399) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/vitals/deaths/l200n1dc.txt 

Her parents, Mills Edward & Sarah W. (ENGLISH) BRITT, & step-mother 
   are buried in Mt. Carmel Christian Church, Walters. 
   Mount Carmel list - another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #61: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/cemetery-reports.html 

Her father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in 
   Co. F, 61st VA Infantry. 


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file at: 
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