Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Martin, Stephen B., 1930 

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FUNERAL SERVICE FOR S. B. MARTIN 

Obsequies for Leading Citizen Who Passed Away Suddenly Yesterday Afternoon 
   From Family Residence Tomorrow. 

  Funeral services for Stephen B. Martin, 48, who died suddenly at his home 
yesterday afternoon as the result of a heart attack about 5 o'clock, will be 
held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock from the residence, with Rev. H.E. Cromer 
officiating. 

  Mr. Martin had long been a prominent citizen here and was superintendent of 
the Piedmont Guano Company, and also active in fraternal, business and civic 
enterprises.  Although he was a native of Atlanta, he had been a resident of 
Suffolk for the past twenty years, coming to this city to accept the position 
held at the time of his death. 

  Besides his wife, Mrs. Ethel Martin, he is survived by three children, two 
daughters, Misses Mary Louise and Anita Martin, and one son, Zack T. Martin, 
of this city, and his mother, Mrs. Mollie Martin, of Marietta, Ga. 

  Mr. Martin was active in Masonic circles, being a member of Highland Lodge 
No. 184 of Highlandtown, Md., and a member of the Mount Nebo Royal Arch 
Chapter No. 20 of this city, and also of the Auld Consistory, Ancient and 
Accepted Scottish Rites body, Norfolk, and the Khedive Temple, Mystic Shrine, 
Norfolk. 


Stephen Biggers MARTIN, superintendent of Piedmont Guano, 
b. 21 Jan 1881, Atlanta, GA, d. 20 Jan 1930, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 22 Jan 1930, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 274, Tues., Jan. 21, 1930, p. 8 

*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 his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #134953700. 

D.Cert. 1477 (Suffolk #17) gives son of Zachary [Taylor] & Mollie (BIGGERS) 
   MARTIN. 

His parents are buried in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA.  Clippings of their 
   obits are posted with Find a Grave Memorials #112954713 & #76256210. 


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