Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Norfleet, Mary E. Darden, 1906 

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MARY ELIZABETH NORFLEET

DEATH OF MRS. MARY E. NORFLEET

   On last Thursday, May 17, 1906, at her home, 210 Main Street, after a 
lingering illness of several weeks, Mrs. Mary E. Norfleet peacefully passed 
away, aged seventy-four years. She was the widow of the late Nathaniel G. 
Norfleet, a well known resident of Suffolk, who preceded her to the spirit 
world twenty-four years ago.

   She had been an invalid for twenty years from rheumatism, but bore her 
affliction with that sweet and abiding faith that rendered her cheerful and 
patient under all circumstances.

   Throughout all of the vicissitudes of life her courage never failed her, 
and when the messenger of peace came she calmly and sweetly said, "Thy will 
be done."

   As a mother, she was devoted, and true as a friend.  She was a consistent 
member of the M.E. Church.

   The deceased is survived by three sons - Messrs. Nat G., Jacob H. and W.J. 
Norfleet; four daughters - Miss Annie C. Norfleet, Miss Lucy H. Norfleet, Mrs. 
James P. Cook, of Concord, N.C., and Mrs. R.K. Blair, of Charlotte, N.C.

   The funeral was conducted from the residence Friday afternoon at 2:30, by 
Rev. Dr. H.E. Johnson, pastor of the Main Street Methodist Church, where the 
deceased was a consistent member, assisted by Rev. Joseph B. Dunn, rector of 
St. Paul’s P.E. Church.

   The following are the names of the pall-bearers who served:

Active - C.H. Daughtrey, W.N. McAnge, Jr., C.C. Cohoon, A. Woolford, E.C. 
Hargrove, L.H. Norfleet, Albert Darden and Boney Spratley.

Honorary - Col. T.W. Smith, R.R. Allen, A.B. Hargrove, S.H. Walton, H.E. 
Smith, J.W. Lassiter, J.C. Nelms, Sr., R.S. Boykin and R.E. Norfleet.


Mary Elizabeth (DARDEN; Mrs. Nathaniel G. Sr.) NORFLEET, 
d. 17 May 1906, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 10*), Suffolk, 18 May 1906, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*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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