Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Milteer, Emna Riddick, 1937 

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MRS. E. R. MILTEER DIES IN COUNTY 

Funeral for Prominent Resident of Driver Section This Afternoon 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Emna Riddick Milteer, 77, who died at the home of 
her daughter, Mrs. K.E. Brinkley, at Driver, Saturday night, was to be held at 
at the graveside in Cedar Hill Cemetery at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. 

  The Rev. O.C. Clarke and the Rev. Dr. I.W. Johnson were to conduct the 
rites.  Active pall-bearers were Roy Jones, H.P. Harrell, E. Jordan Taylor, 
H.L. Deans, Cecil E. Rodgers, C.T. Everett, F. Bruce Eberwine and F.M. 
Warrington.  Friends of the family were listed as honorary pall-bearers. 

  Mrs. Milteer was a daughter of the late James and Mary Ann Parker Riddick, 
Nansemond county, and widow of Abram Milteer, of Bennett's Creek.  She was a 
member of Beach Grove Methodist Church, of Driver, and was prominently 
connected by birth and marriage with several of Nansemond county's old 
families. 

  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Brinkley, with whom she made her home; three 
sons, Walter R. Milteer and Willie E. Milteer, of Driver; and Harry D. 
Milteer, of Portsmouth; seven grandchildren: Mrs. W.N. Smith, of Danville; 
Misses Hazel and Rose Lee Milteer, Walter R. Milteer, Jr., and Randolph 
Milteer, of Driver; Mrs. George Whitley and W.E. Milteer, Jr., of Portsmouth; 
and a great-granddaughter, Joyce Smith, of Danville. 

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EMNA RIDDICK MILTEER 

  Suffolk, March 8 - Funeral services for Mrs. Emna Riddick Milteer, widow of 
Abram Milteer, who died Saturday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. K.E. 
Brinkley, near Driver, were conducted this afternoon at the grave in Cedar 
Hill Cemetery by the Rev. O.C. Clarke and the Rev. I.W. Johnson, D.D. 

  The casket was covered with a pall of Ascension lilies, lilies of the 
valley, pink roses and freezias.  There were many other floral designs. 
Active pallbearers were Roy Jones, H.P. Harrell, E. Jordan Taylor, Horace L. 
Deans, Cecil E. Rodgers, C.T. Everett, F. Bruce Eberwine and F.M. Warrington. 
Friends of the family served as honorary pallbearers. 


Emna (RIDDICK; Mrs. "Abe" Abram) MILTEER, 
b. 1 Aug 1859*, Nansemond Co., d. 6 Mar 1937, at daughter's home, near Driver, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block P, Lot 13*), Suffolk, 8 Mar 1937, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 14, No. 295, Mon., Mar. 8, 1937, p. 6; 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Tues., Mar. 9, 1937, p. 14 

*Additional information: 

The "News-Herald" obit is not correctable at the LVA's "Virginia Chronicle" 
   site: https://virginiachronicle.com 

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 Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #136278760. 

Her parents, James & Mary Ann (PARKER) RIDDICK, are buried in Block C, Lot 84: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

D.Cert. 7822 (Sleepy Hole #7) gives b. 12 Aug 1859. 

Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Oct. 4, 1933, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m436a1ob.txt 

Her father (1819 - 1883) was a Confederate veteran, having served in the 
   Commissary Dept. for four years. 

Her mother's obit ("Virginian-Pilot" Oct. 17, 1916) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r320m6ob.txt 


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