Nansemond-Greensville-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Murfee, John D., 1942 

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Murfee Funeral To Be Tomorrow 

  The body of J.D. Murfee will arrive in Suffolk from Roanoke Saturday morning 
over the N. & W. R.R. at 6:45 and will be taken to the I.O. Hill and Company 
Funeral Home. 

  The procession will leave from there at 2:30 p.m. for Liberty Spring where 
funeral services will be conducted at 4:00 p.m. by Dr. I.W. Johnson, pastor. 
Interment will be in Liberty Spring. 

  Mr. Murfee is the father of Mrs. S.H. Rawles, of Nansemond county. 

  Active pallbearers will be E.B. Rawles, E.F. O’Berry, M.W. Byrd, H.E. 
Savage, Brodie Pierce, Chammer Harrell, W.A. Ellis, and I.T. Byrd. 

  Honorary pallbearers will be members of the A.H. Savage Bible Class and 
friends of the family. 


John DeWitt MURFEE, of Roanoke, formerly of Drewryville, retired farmer, 
b. 12 Jan 1855, Greensville Co., d. 4 Dec 1942, Roanoke, 
interred in Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery*, Suffolk, 5 Dec 1942, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 20, No. 218, Dec. 4, 1942, p. 8, col. 4 

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

*D.Cert. 26773 (Roanoke #749) gives res. 6 mos. in Roanoke. 

The obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 2, 1934) of his wife, Hilda Jane 
   (AVENT) MURFEE, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m610h1ob.txt 

They m. 28 Feb 1883.  (Southampton Co. MB5:113) 


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