Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Modlin, Robert L., 1943 

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ROBERT LEE MODLIN 

FUNERAL HELD FOR R.L. MODLIN OF SUFFOLK THURSDAY 

  Funeral services for Robert Lee Modlin, 72, who died at his home in Suffolk, 
January 12th, were held Thursday January 14 at the funeral home of I.O. Hill 
and Company by Dr. A.L. Franklin and Dr. H.J. Goodwin.

  A pall of red roses and white carnations was used.  Active pallbearers were 
E.E. Jones, James C. Causey, Jr., Don C. Pinner, S.T. Godbey, William 
Birdsong, J.R. Vann, L.H. Byrd and R. Townie Piland.

  He was connected with the Norfolk & Western Railway for 42 years, having 
retired from active service in June of 1937.  Prior to his connection with the 
Norfolk & Western, he was employed by the Atlantic Coast Line Railway.

  He was a member of the Suffolk Presbyterian Church.

  Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Mollie Oliver Modlin, the following sons 
and daughters of a previous marriage; Mrs. C.L. Blanchard, Mrs. James H. 
Bangley, Mrs. R.A. Baines, of Suffolk; Braxton Modlin, of Tarboro, N.C., and 
R.N. Modlin, of Smithfield; eight grandchildren, four brothers, William 
Modlin, of Lewiston, N.C.; Raymond Modlin, of Warrenton, N.C.,; Herman Modlin, 
of Cincinnati, Ohio; Euphrates Modlin of Ahoskie, N.C.; two sisters, Mrs. 
Stella White, of Colerain. N.C., and Mrs. Ursie Garris of Edenton, N.C., and a 
number of nieces and nephews.

  Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.


Robert Lee MODLIN, retired from N&W R.R., 
Nansemond Co. native, suicide 12 Jan 1943, at home, Suffolk, age 72, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 85*), Suffolk, 14 Jan 1943, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 25, No. 44, Jan. 21, 1943 

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

His widow [3m. ALLMAN] is buried with her first husband William J. 
   SULLIVAN.  Cedar Hill list for SULLIVAN: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt 


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