Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lawrence, Bernard V., 1945 

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Bernie Lawrence Drowns After Fall From Tugboat 

  SUFFOLK, Jan. 18. - Mrs. W.E. Wallace, 120 Wellons Street, was notified 
today that her son, Bernard Leville Lawrence, 45, had fallen off the tug 
"Columbia" and drowned in the Chesapeake Bay. 

  Mrs. Wallace said that she had received no other details and that she didn't 
know when or just where the tragedy had occurred. 

  Lawrence was employed by the Eastern Transportation Company. 

  Lawrence, well-known in Suffolk as "Bernie," will be remembered for his many 
years of activity with Suffolk baseball teams in the late '20's and the early 
'30's. 

  A popular performer, Lawrence in his prime was one of the most reliable 
catchers in local sandlot baseball.

  He played with such teams as who held their games in what is now known as 
Pender's Park, and the old Suffolk Athletic Club. 

  Lawrence played his last baseball games with the Suffolk team which boasted 
such Tidewater standouts as Earl Dawson, Tommy Nee, Pat Doss, Paul (Cooky) 
Rose, Jimmy Duke, Hunter (Pop) Haynes, Tommy Mitchell, and many others. 

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Lawrence Remains Returned Here 

  SUFFOLK, Feb. 22. - The remains of Bernard Lawrence, who was drowned in 
January when he fell from a tug on which he was employed near Baltimore, 
Maryland, will arrive in Suffolk Friday afternoon and be taken to the R.W. 
Baker and Co. Funeral Home. 

  He was the son of Mrs. W.E. Wallace, of Wellons Street.  Services will be 
conducted at the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery at 3:30 Sunday afternoon by Dr. 
John G. Truitt, pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church. 

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Lawrence Rites This [sic; Sun.] Afternoon 

  SUFFOLK, Feb. 23. - Funeral services for Bernard Lawrence will be held at 3 
o'clock Sunday afternoon at the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

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Last Rites Held For Bernard Lawrence 

  SUFFOLK, Feb. 26. - Funeral services for Bernard Lawrence were conducted at 
3:30 Sunday afternoon at the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery by Dr. John G. 
Truitt, pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church. 

  The pall was of white and lavender gladioli and Dr. Truitt read the poem, 
"Crossing The Bar." 

  Active pallbearers were William Birdsong, B.O. Hill, H.M. Hayes, Robert 
Nelms, John R. Ellison, Carl Giddens, Marshall Andrews and John C. Parker. 


"Bernie" Bernard V.* LAWRENCE, tugboat crewman, 
b. 1 Sep 1897, Norfolk Co., 
reported drowned Jan 1945, Chesapeake Bay, near Baltimore, MD, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block O, Lot 9*), Suffolk, 25 Feb 1945, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 155, Thurs., Jan. 18, 1945, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 185, Thurs., Feb. 22, 1945, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 186, Fri., Feb. 23, 1945, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 189, Mon., Feb. 26, 1945, p. 8 

*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 Mem. #134569364. 

His mother & step-father are buried in the same lot: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

His WW-II draft card gives Bernard X. LAWRENCE. 

His mother's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," May 21, 1952, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w420f1ob.txt 


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