Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lewis, Pvt. Wardell, 1948 

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Wardell Lewis Is Reburied Here 

  Funeral services for Private Wardell Lewis, who died in Africa in May 1943, 
were conducted Saturday afternoon at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. B.A. 
Riddle. 

  A quartet from the Colosse Baptist Church, accompanied by Mrs. Julian 
Goodwin, sang "Going Down the Valley" and "That Beautiful Lane." 

  The casket was covered with an American flag, which was later replaced with 
a pall of red roses and white carnations. 

  Pallbearers were Earl Drewry, George Drewry, George Raiford, Guy Lowe, 
Harold West, Marvin Hines, Carl Jeter. 

  Burial with military honors took place in Cedar Hill Cemetery.  A firing 
squad from Fort Eustis gave a memorial salute at the graveside.  A bugler from 
Fortress [Monroe] sounded taps. 


Pvt. Wardell LEWIS, U.S. Army, 
b. 15 Nov 1919, Southampton Co., d. 15 May 1943, North Africa, 
re-interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block V, Lot 14*), Suffolk, 5 Jun 1948, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 25, No. 54, Mon., June 7, 1948, p. 1 

*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 his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #92145905. 

His parents, "Ludy" Luther Laster & Annie Mae (WEST) LEWIS, 
   are buried in the same lot. 

D.Cert. 13255 (Suffolk #185) 


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