Nansemond County County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Mizell, Lillian S. Vaughan, 1931 

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Mrs. Mizell Buried In Cedar Hill Cemetery 

  Funeral services were conducted for the late Mrs. Lillian Vaughan Mizell, 
of Newport News, at the home of Mrs. J.R. Harrell, 207 St. James avenue at 
three o'clock this afternoon, with the Rev. J.T. Rowlenson, pastor of the 
Phoebus Methodist church, in charge of the services.  The Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley 
and the Rev. Dr. H.J. Goodwin assisted in the rites.  Burial was made in 
Cedarwood [sic; Cedar Hill] cemetery. 

  Mrs. Mizelle, a former resident of Suffolk and daughter of Mrs. Miriam 
Vaughan, of this city, died Saturday night at Dixie Hospital in Phoebus. 

  She is survived by her husband, Joseph W. Mizell, her mother and five 
sisters, Mrs. C.T. Borden [sic; T.T. Barden], and Mrs. J.R. Harrell, of 
Suffolk, Mrs. W.H. Bradshaw and Mrs. J.G. Simpson, of Norfolk, and Mrs. 
Vernon Knight, of Richmond; also four brothers, Marvin, Bruce, Roy and E.B. 
Vaughan, all of Suffolk. 

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MRS. LILLIAN MIZELL 

  Funeral services of Mrs. Lillian Mizell were held Monday afternoon at 3 
o'clock at the residence of her sister, Mrs. J.R. Harrell, 207 St. James 
avenue, conducted by Rev. G.T. Rowelson [sic; J.T. Rowlenson], Dr. W.W. Staley 
and Dr. H.J. Goodwin.  A quartette, composed of Mrs. R.H. Jacobs, Mrs. 
Randolph Chapman, Mrs. Crays and A.L. Herrick, accompanied by Alton Howell, 
rendered the selections, "Sometime We'll Understand."  Mrs. J.L. Crays sang 
"Face to Face" as a solo. 

  There were many beautiful floral tributes, and the casket was covered with 
a beautiful pall of white carnations.  Active pallbearers: A.C. Dore, Sam 
Hutchins, James Woodward, Tom Duke, J.A. Channell, Lynn Evans, C.A. Ragsdale, 
A.L. Herrick.  Friends of the family acted as honorary pallbearers.  Interment 
was made in Cedar Hill cemetery. 


Lillian Smith (VAUGHAN; Mrs. "Joe" Joseph Wesley) MIZELL, 
b. 22 Sep 1898, Woodland, Northampton Co., NC*, d. 31 Jan 1931, Hampton, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 76*), Suffolk, 2 Feb 1931, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 8, No. 268, Mon., Feb. 2, 1931, p. 1, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #120169966, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 8, No. 269, Tues., Feb. 3, 1931, p. 6 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #120169966. 

Her in-laws, Charles Matthew & Harriet H. (THOMPSON) MIZELL, are buried in 
   Block G, Lot 127. 

Her parents, Godwin Cotton "Tobe" & Miriam Elizabeth (OUTLAND) VAUGHAN, 
   are buried in adjacent Lot 77: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

D.Cert. 743 (Hampton #24) 

She m. 27 Dec 1920; the Suffolk M.Reg. (#137) gives b. Southampton Co. 

Her husband (1894 - 1983) was a Navy veteran of WW-I.  He is buried 
   with his third wife (of 4) in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Holly Lawn list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

The 1900 Census - Roanoke, Northampton Co., NC - gives Lillian R. 


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