Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nelms, Richard C., 1957 

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RICHARD CRAWLEY NELMS

   Suffolk - Richard Crawley Nelms, 82, a resident of 237 Chestnut St., died 
Friday night at the Louise Obici Memorial Hospital after a long illness.

   He was native of Isle of Wight County, son of the late James Albert Nelms 
and Mrs. Mary Gwynn Nelms of Isle of Wight County, a member of Main Street 
Methodist Church and its Men’s Bible Class.

   Surviving are one son, Richard Crawley Nelms, Jr. of Suffolk; four 
daughters, Mrs. Eunice Harrell Butler, Winter Park, Fla.; Mrs. George Lee 
Gayle, Crittenden; Mrs. Margaret Nelms Eley, Smithfield, and Mrs. Edna Nelms 
Manlove, Suffolk; 16 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren, and two sisters, 
Mrs. John S. Vaughan of Windsor and Mrs. Beulah Horton of Smithfield.

   Funeral services will be conducted at the Baker Funeral Home here 4 p.m. 
Sunday by the Rev. George S. Lightner, pastor of the Main Street Methodist 
Church.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

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Rites Today For Richard C. Nelms 

  Richard Crawley Nelms, of Suffolk died Friday at 11 p.m. at the Obici 
Memorial Hospital after a short illness.  He was 82 years old. 

  He was a son of the late Albert Nelms and Mary Gwynn Nelms of Isle of Wight 
County.  He was a member of Main Street Methodist Church and the Men's Bible 
Class of the church. 

  Services will be conducted Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Baker Funeral Home by the 
Rev. George S. Lightner, pastor of Main Street Methodist Church.  Burial will 
be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  He is survived by a son, Richard C. Nelms of Suffolk; four daughters, Mrs. 
Eunice Harrell Butler of Winter Park, Fla., Mrs. Georgie Lee Gayle of 
Crittenden, Mrs. Margaret Nelms Eley of Smithfield and Mrs. Edna Nelms Manlove 
of Suffolk; two sisters, Mrs. John S. Vaughan of Windsor and Mrs. Beulah 
Horton of Smithfield, 16 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. 

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Rites Held Sunday For Richard Nelms 

  Funeral services for Richard Crawley Nelms were conducted Sunday at 4 p.m. 
at the Baker Funeral Home by the Rev. George S. Lightner, pastor of Main 
Street Methodist Church.  Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  The casket was covered with a pall of white chrysanthemums and red roses. 

  Pallbearers were R. Herman Rodgers, Walter Partin, Charlie A. Bosselman, 
Charlie C. Clark, Lou T. Haslette, Raymond M. Baird, T.F. Carter, Sr., and 
Morris J. Luke. 


Richard Crawley NELMS, Sr., retired carpenter, 
b. 16 Sep 1874, Isle of Wight Co., d. 6 Sep 1957, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 78), Suffolk, 8 Sep 1957, 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 35, No. 212, Sep. 8, 1957, p. 9; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 35, No. 213, Sep. 9, 1957, p. 3, col. 7 

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

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 22841 (Chuckatuck #260) 

His wife's (donated, 1935) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/n452e1ob.txt 


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