Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nelms, Robert W., 1961 

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R. W.* Nelms Dies of Heart Attack in Car 

  SUFFOLK - Robert Webb Nelms, 67, assistant manager of Old Dominion Peanut 
Corp., died Friday afternoon when he suffered a heart attack while driving 
his car on Cedar Street. 

  His southbound automobile left the left-hand side of the street, went 
between two trees and a utility pole and struck the porch at 204 Cedar St. 
about 1:50 p.m.  Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad members tried to revive him 
with artificial respiration. 

Heart Attack 

  Dr. Robert W. Fry, acting Suffolk medical examiner, said death was due to 
natural causes - probably a heart attack. 

  Nelms, a resident of 1013 Virginia Ave., had been employed by Old Dominion 
for may years.  He was a member of Main Street Methodist Church, McLemore 
Bible Class, and the Suffolk Elks Lodge and was a former Cub Scout 
commissioner. 

Survivors 

  A native of Nansemond County, he was a son of McKim Nelms and Mrs. Wortley 
[sic; Vertley] Bartlett Nelms.  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Erma 
Pritchard Nelms; a son, Robert Webb Nelms, Jr. of Portsmouth; a brother, M.C. 
Nelms Jr. of Norfolk; four sisters, Mrs. H.F. Saunders and Mrs. D.H. Stassfort 
of Norfolk, Mrs. J.H. Gwaltney of Windsor and Mrs. Marvin L. Vaughan of 
Suffolk; and a grandson, Robert William Nelms of Portsmouth. 

  A funeral service will be conducted in Baker Funeral Home Sunday at 3:30 
p.m. by the Rev. Hampden H. Smith of Main Street Methodist Church.  Burial 
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, with Elk rites at the graveside. 

*typo in original heading gave, "R. A. Nelms" 

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Funerals 

Robert W. Nelms 

  SUFFOLK - A funeral service for Robert Webb Nelms will be conducted in Baker 
Funeral Home today at 3:30 p.m. by the Rev. Hampden H. Smith of Main Street 
Methodist Church.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery with Elks' rites at 
the grave. 


Robert Webb NELMS (Sr.), of Suffolk, 
assistant manager of Old Dominion Peanut Corp., 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 3 Mar 1961, Cedar St., Suffolk, age 67, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 144*), Suffolk, 5 Mar 1961, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Saturday, March 4, 1961, p. 10; 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sunday, March 5, 1961, p. 18-A 

*His parents are buried in Block I, Lot 21. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt 


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