Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....McNamara, M. Evelyn Browne, 1929 

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MARY EVELYN BROWNE McNAMARA 

MRS. M'NAMARA'S FUNERAL TODAY 

Former Resident of Suffolk Where She Spent Her Early Life Succumbs 
   In North Carolina Following Surgical Operation. 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Evelyn Brown [sic; Browne] McNamara were held this 
afternoon at the grave in Cedar Hill cemetery. 

  Mrs. McNamara was a well-known resident of this city and member of a very 
prominent family.  She was the daughter of John Allen Brown, a former member 
of the House of Delegates.  She died after a few weeks' illness, following an 
operation for appendicitis at her home in Lumberton, N.C. 

  Mrs. McNamara was a native of Alabama but came to Suffolk in her childhood, 
spending her early life in this city, where she has a wide circle of friends 
and acquaintances.  She was a member of the Lumberton Episcopal Church, and 
until her illness was very active in the work of the church and its many 
activities.  She was always ready and willing to render a helping hand. 

  She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John Knox and Miss Rachel McNamara, 
both of Lumberton, two sisters, Mrs. William Bradford Lawrence, of Suffolk, 
and Mrs. Raymond O. Joly of Philadelphia, a niece, Miss Josephine Lawrence, of 
Suffolk, and two nephews, Leonard and Allen Jolly, of Philadelphia. 

  The remains arrived in Suffolk this morning on the Atlantic Coast Line 
Railway and were taken to the home of Mrs. William B. Lawrence on West 
Washington street. 

  Funeral service was conducted by the Rev. Herbert N. Tucker, rector of St. 
Paul's P.E. Church. 

  Pall bearers were: A.T. Holland, J.C. West, Col. J.E. West, C.L. Lewis, H.M. 
Butler, W.E. Hines, Dr. H.W. Campbell, and W.Q. Elam. 


Mary Evelyn (BROWNE; Mrs. John J.) McNAMARA, 
b. 4 Jan 1867, Hale Co., AL*, d. 2 Feb 1929, Lumberton, Robeson Co., NC, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 84*), Suffolk, 4 Feb 1929, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 6, No. 291, Mon., Feb. 4, 1929, p. 2 

*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 Jake Dog - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #84963627. 

Her parents, John Allen & Josephine P. (JONES) BROWNE, are buried in the 
   same lot.  
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

D.Cert. 345 (Lumberton #11) gives Mary MacNAMARA, b. Suffolk; mother: 
   Mary A. (JONES) BROWNE. 

Her father was a Confederate veteran, having served in the 8th AL Volunteers 
   as a sergeant. 

Her husband (b. 2 Dec 1862, Haverhill, Essex Co., MA) was a watchmaker. 
   They m. 27 Jun 1888.  (Nansemond Co. #93) 


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