Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lancaster, Iva G. Parker, 1961 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Mrs. Lancaster Dies in Hospital; Rites Tomorrow Funeral services for Mrs. Iva Parker Lancaster, wife of Charles O. Lancaster, Suffolk realtor, will be conducted tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the Baker Funeral Home by the Rev. Traynham Topping, pastor of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, Norfolk, and the Rev. James C. Weaver, pastor of Oxford Methodist Church. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Lancaster, who was a member of Oxford Methodist Church 45 years, superintendent of the children's department 25 years, and chairman of the parsonage committee, died yesterday afternoon in Norfolk General Hospital after short illness. She was a charter member of the Riverview Garden Club and was a member of the Suffolk Woman's Club. She was the daughter of the late Miles and Mrs. Ella Pauline Eure Parker of Gates, N.C. Besides her husband she is survived by three sisters, Mrs. R.E. Hazelette of Suffolk, Mrs. L.M. Roberts of Norfolk, Mrs. W.H. McMullen of Washington, and a brother, H.M. Parker of Richmond, and several nieces and nephews. ****************************************************************************** Mrs. Lancaster Rites Conducted Funeral services for Mrs. Iva Parker Lancaster were conducted today at 11 a.m. at Baker Funeral Home by the Rev. C. Traynham Topping, pastor of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, Norfolk; the Rev. James C. Weaver, pastor of Oxford Methodist Church, the Rev. Mahlon Elliott of Norview, former pastor of Oxford Church; and the Rev. Forest Oglesby of Alexandria, also a former pastor of Oxford Church. Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The casket was covered with a pall of pink asters, pink roses and white chrysanthemums. Pallbearers were Edward P. Hazelette, Dr George H. Barnett, Robert J. Owens, John D. Roberts, Dr. Charles L. Halstead, and C. Scott Parker. Iva Goodrich (PARKER; Mrs. Charles Oliver) LANCASTER, b. 13 May 1888, Gates Co., NC, d. 18 Jul 1961, Norfolk, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block S, Lot 18*), Suffolk, 19 Jul 1961, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 170, Wed., July 19, 1961, p. 9; "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 171, Thurs., July 20, 1961, p. 7 *Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt Her parents, Miles & Ella Pauline (EURE) PARKER, are buried in Block H, Lot 99. http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt Her husband 2m. Jessie Elizabeth (GARDNER; wid/o Garland E.) HINES, but she is buried with her first husband in Block W, Lot 44: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/l522i1ob.txt