Nansemond County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....McLeod, Laura J. Shipp, 1900 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LAURA JANE SHIPP McLEOD SUFFOLK. ____ Lung Disease Claimed Five Victims in Short Time ____ Death of Mrs. Laura J. McLeod, Miss Archer, Mrs. King, Mrs. Chalmers, and Miss Conway - Farley-Wilson Marriage - Paid High for Fowls. ____ (Special to Virginian-Pilot.) Suffolk, Va., Jan. 22.- The late prevalent weather conditions have brought about lung disease which is about epidemic. The victims are passing away with a rapidity that is well nigh appalling. There are five fatalities to tell about to-day - all women - and many others are ill. MRS. LAURA J. M'LEOD. Mrs. Laura Jane, wife of William L. McLeod, news editor of the Suffolk Herald, died at 7:15 o'clock this morning, age 49 years. The sunrise which gave birth to a new day marked a body's death, a soul's transition- a flight from terrestrial environs through ethereal elements to celestial things beyond. Mrs. McLeod had been ill since Thursday of last week. What, in its incipiency, was pronounced grip, rapidly developed into consumption. The funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon from the Main Street Methodist Church. The Daughters of the Confederacy are asked by their president, Miss Anna Mary Riddick, to assemble in the church basement at 3:15 o'clock. Mrs. McLeod was conscious until two hours before her death. When the end came all her immediate relatives were in the death chamber. The deceased was a Christian woman in the best sense of the term. She was a prominent worker in the Main Street Methodist Church, to whose parsonage and missionary societies she belonged. She was also a member of the King's Daughters and Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. McLeod was formerly Laura Jane Shipp, daughter of Josiah and Eliza Shipp, both dead, of Norfolk. Her father was a leading member of the Methodist Church, and is held in tender memory by old members of the Norfolk Cumberland Street Church, and by aged ministers in the Virginia Conference. The deceased was married in Norfolk, October 25, 1871, to Mr. McLeod. Her husband and three children are left- Kenneth B., Hattie Smith and Laura Leigh. Three other children died in infancy. There are also a grandchild, Selby Shipp McLeod; a brother, J. B. Shipp, of Portsmouth; a niece, Miss Minnie Wilkins, of Norfolk; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. K. B. McLeod, and two cousins, Mrs. William Clark and Mrs. George Burch, Richmond. A good woman has gone. Mrs. McLeod was loyal to every obligation of wifehood, motherhood, and Christian womanhood. She was true to humanity; she was true to herself. ****************************************************************************** Deaths in Suffolk. SUFFOLK, VA., Jan. 22.-Special- Mrs. Laura J. McLeod, wife of William L. McLeod, news editor of the Suffolk Herald, died this morning at their home, No. 10 Pinner street. Mrs. McLeod had been suffering about a week with pneumonia. She was forty-nine years old, and was formerly Miss Laura J. Shipp, of Norfolk. She was a Christian woman in the best sense of the term. She leaves a husband, four children and a brother, J. B. Shipp, of Portsmouth. ****************************************************************************** THE LAST RITES. A large crowd attended the obsequies of Mrs. William L. McLeod this afternoon. The funeral took place from the Main Street Methodist Church at 3:30 o’clock. The services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. W.T. Green, who was assisted by Revs. J.F. Love and J.H. Kabler, Suffolk, and J.T. Whitley, Hampton. There were read from the Bible some of the deceased’s favorite verses, and the hymns she liked best were sung. Mr. Joseph Little sang a tenor solo. Rev. Mr. Whitley offered prayer. Remarks touching the deceased’s beautiful life were made by Mr. Green and Mrs. Love. The services were completed at the graveside in Cedar Hill. THE PALL-BEARERS. Active - E.T. Jordan, J.E. Booker, E.K. Channe, A.W. McKenney, G.S.P. Holland, W.H. Jones, Jr., R.H. Morgan, E.L. Folk. Honorary - Dr. A.W. Eley, Dr. W.D. Wood, Dr. H.W. Campbell, Judge W.J. Kilby, Captain George T. Parker, Judge R.R. Prentis, Colonel T.W. Smith, W.W. Ballard Laura Jane (SHIPP; Mrs. William L.) McLEOD, Norfolk native, d. 22 Jan 1900, at home, Suffolk, age circa 46*, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 17*), Suffolk, 23 Jan 1900, "The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Jan. 23, 1900, p. 8, col. 1; "The Times" (Richmond, VA), January 23, 1900, p. 5, col. 4 *Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt Find A Grave Mem. #86185576 includes a photo of her gravestone, which erroneously gives b. 18 Mar 1853, d. 11 Dec 1900. 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/m243l1ob.txt