Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Modlin, Henry N., 1952 

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Henry N. Modlin Of Colerain, Dead 

  Henry Newton Modlin, 86, of Colerain, N.C., died this morning at 12:30 a.m. 
at the Roanoke-Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie, after an illness of two days. 

  He was the son of the late Elisha and Joanna Modlin of Chowan County, N.C. 

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Fanny Modlin, of Colerain, N.C.; four 
daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Boyce, Mrs. Geneva Jones, Mrs. E.B. Shackleford and 
Mrs. J.C. McCotter, all of Suffolk; two step-sons, Charlie Overton, of 
Ahoskie, and Jesse Overton, of Colerain; two sisters, Mrs. Jim Pierce, of 
Suffolk, and Mrs. Carrie Cornett, of Harrellsville, N.C.; three brothers, Jess 
Modlin, Beecher Modlin, both of Sunbury, N.C., and Richard Modlin, of Tyner, 
N.C.; five grandchildren; two great grandchildren; a number of nieces and 
nephews. 

  The body was taken to the I.O. Hill Funeral Home, where it will remain until 
Friday at 12:30 p.m., at which time it will be taken to the Warwick Swamp 
Baptist Church, Chowan County, to lie in state one hour before the funeral 
services, which will take place at 2:30 o'clock. 

  Burial will follow in the Holly Lawn Cemetery in Suffolk. 


Henry Newton MODLIN, of Colerain, Bertie Co., NC, retired farmer, 
b. 28 Aug 1866, NC, d. 25 Jun 1952, Ahoskie, Hertford Co., NC, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery (Sect. 10, Block G*), Suffolk, 
   27 Jun 1952, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 151, Wed., June 25, 1952, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Buried with his widow, Fannie Elizabeth (EARLY OVERTON) MODLIN (1895 - 1963). 
   Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

Photo of his gravestones - added by Hixburg23958 - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #167901258. 

No D.Cert. found. 

His first wife, Easter Annie (SPIVEY) MODLIN (1880 - 1914), was buried in 
   a family cemetery, Mintonville, Hertford Co., NC. 

His father Elisha MODLIN was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. FD, 11th NC Infantry. 


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