Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....McClenny, Charlotte Emily Lyon, 1940 

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MRS. CHARLOTTE E. L. McCLENNY 

  Mrs. Charlotte Emily Lyon McClenny, 64, a member of a well known family of 
this section, and prominently connected thoroughout the county by marriages, 
died last night in a local hospital after an illness of ten days. 

  Mrs. McClenny was a native of Buffalo, N.Y., but had spent her life since 
girlhood in Nansemond county. 

  Surviving her are her husband, W. Baxter McClenny, a daughter, Miss Phoebe 
Lyon McClenny, of Nansemond county, and a number of nieces and nephews. 

  The body was taken to the funeral home of I.O. Hill & Company where it will 
remain until tomorrow at 10 o'clock, at which time it will be taken to her 
late residence near Buckhorn. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at the Western Branch 
Baptist church, at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon by the Rev. M.V. Carroll. 

  Burial will be in the church cemetery. 

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Mrs. W. B. L. [sic; W. B.] McClenny 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Charlotte Emily L. McClenny, wife of W. Baxter 
McClenny, were conducted yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Western 
Branch Baptist Church, by the Rev. W.V. Carroll. 

  The church choir accompanied by Miss Nellie May Nelms sang "My Faith Looks 
Up To Thee," and "Jesus, Savior Pilot Me."  A duet, "It Is Well With My Soul," 
was sung by Rev. and Mrs. W.V. Carroll.  The poems, "Lasting Quality of Love" 
and "Crossing The Bar," were read. 

  There were many beautiful floral tributes, and the casket was covered with 
a pall of Ascension lilies and red roses and fern. 

  Active pallbearers were: Thomas Ashburn, Arthur and G. Gay McClenny, Barnes 
and Wallace Lyons, Madison McClenny, Holland Ballard, Emmett Rawls.  The 
members of the Sallie B. Powell Bible Class and friends of the family were 
honorary pallbearers. 

  Interment was in the church cemetery. 


Charlotte Emily (LYON; Mrs. William Baxter) McCLENNY, 
b. 20 Aug 1876, Buffalo, NY, d. 17 Sep 1940, Suffolk, 
interred in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 1, Lot 6*), 
   19 Sep 1940, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 18, No. 152, Wed., Sep. 18, 1940, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 18, No. 154, Fri., Sep. 20, 1940, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of Charlotte - added by Robin Rountree-Key - and two of her gravestone 
   - added by Amber Gonzalez & BobbieJean - are posted with Find a Grave 
   Memorial #35256445. 

D.Cert. 20866 (Suffolk #285) gives her maiden name as LYONS. 

Her parents, Comfort Barnes & Emily (CAPRON) LYON, are buried in Arcade Rural 
   Cemetery, Arcade, Wyoming Co., NY. 

Her father (b. 1828 VT), a lumberman, d. 24 Mar 1885 in Isle of Wight Co. 
   His widow (1831 - 1895) qualified as administratrix 4 May 1885, with her 
   nephew Simeon W. CAPRON as surety.  (IoW.Co. Bonds, Vol. 9 {1883-1887}) 


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