Nansemond-Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Niblett, Edward, 1966 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ EDWARD NIBLETT WINDSOR - A funeral service for Edward Niblett was conducted Monday at 2:30 p.m. in Baker Funeral Home, Suffolk, by the Rev. Harold Rumfelt of Windsor Baptist Church. Burial was in Cedar Hill cemetery, Suffolk. The family requested that flowers be omitted. Pallbearers were Sidney Crocker, Curtis Jenkins, William Rhodes, Thomas Parham, Herbert Lawrence, Nat Edwards, James Beale, and Shirley T. Holland. A native of Southampton County he was the husband of Mrs. Della Hooker Niblett and the son of the late Bennie F. and Mrs. Fether Raiford Niblett. Niblett, 72, operator of a general store for 35 years, died Saturday at 5 a.m. in a Franklin hospital. He was a member of Windsor Baptist Church and L.T. Hall Bible Class. Besides his wife he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Wilson Jones of Aiken, S.C.; a brother, Grover Niblett of Ivor; and a half-brother, A.P. Niblett also of Ivor. Edward NIBLETT, Windsor general store operator, b. 13 Mar 1894, Ivor, d. 19 Nov 1966, Franklin, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block S, Lot 40*), Suffolk, 21 Nov 1966, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 24, 1966, p. 10 Additional information: *Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt Find a Grave Mem. #90395484 includes photos of his markers. Birthdate from D.Cert. 66-030613; it gives his mother as Fetta Raiford. His mother's name was spelled variously Fayetta, Frietta, &c. His maternal grandfather, Albert N. RAIFORD, father (unmarked) & several siblings - including sis Feather R. - are buried in Millfield Baptist Church Cemetery. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-21&22). His step-mother & 2 half-brothers are buried in a WHITE family cemetery, between Wakefield & Courtland. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-42&43): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/n143e1ob.txt