Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Norfleet, Lemuel H., 1938 

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LEM H. NORFLEET DIES HERE TODAY 

Widely-Known Stockman Succumbs To Long Illness At 11 A. M. 

  Lemuel H. Norfleet, aged 59, died at 11 a.m. today at his North Main street 
residence following an illness of a year's duration. 

  President of the Virginia-Carolina Horse and Mule Co. and long a partner in 
the firm of N.O. and L.H. Norfleet, Mr. Norfleet was one of the most widely 
known stockmen in Tidewater Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina.  He 
spent practically all his adult life in the stock trade. 

  Mr. Norfleet was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, having served as a 
member of Company P, Fourth Virginia Regiment.  He was a member of Main Street 
M.E. Church and of Suffolk Lodge 685, B.P.O. Elks. 

  Mr. Norfleet was the son of the late Wilson and Mrs. Clara Hunter Norfleet. 
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Addie Nathalia Oliver Norfleet; three 
daughters, Misses Clara, Addie and Juliana Norfleet; five sons, Hunter, 
Elwood, William, Robert and Frederick Norfleet, all of Suffolk; a 
granddaughter; a sister, Mrs. Julia Kirby; and three brothers, Wallace and 
Alvah Norfleet, of Norfolk; and Robert H. Norfleet, of Washington, D.C. 

  Funeral arrangements had not been announced. 

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L. H. NORFLEET IS BURIED TODAY 

Friends and Associates Attend Final Services At 11 A. M. At Late Residence 

  Funeral services for Lemuel H. Norfleet, prominent Suffolk stockman and 
business man who died Saturday morning, were held at his late residence, 419 
North Main street, at 11 a.m. today.  The rites were conducted by the Rev. 
A.L. Franklin, pastor of the Main Street M.E. church, and the Rev. Herbert N. 
Tucker, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church.  At the graveside in Cedar Hill 
cemetery, Suffolk Lodge 685, B. P. O. Elks, conducted the burial ritual of the 
fraternity.  The membership of Vaughan-Causey camp, United Spanish War 
Veterans, attended the rites in a body. 

  There were many handsome floral tributes. 

  Pallbearers for the service were Howard Daughtrey, Lynwood Vann, Dr. O.R. 
Yates, R.L. Woodward, Jr., Ray Saunders, Roy Jones, Henry C. Barton and E.E. 
Jones. 


Lemuel Hunter NORFLEET, stockman, Spanish-American War veteran, 
b. 15 Feb 1879, Somerton, Nansemond Co., d. 2 Apr 1938, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block A, Lot 15*), Suffolk, 4 Apr 1938, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 16, No. 10, Sat., Apr. 2, 1938, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 16, No. 11, Mon., Apr. 4, 1938, p. 8 

*His parents are buried in Block G, Lot 32.  Cedar Hill list, an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Apr. 21, 1969, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/n614a6ob.txt 


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