Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Norfleet, Robert J., 1945 

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ROBERT JETHRO NORFLEET

R. J. NORFLEET DIES, AGED 79

   Suffolk, Dec. 29 - News was received here today of the death of Robert 
Jethro Norfleet, 79, prominent business man of Suffolk and member of one of 
the oldest families of this area.  Mr. Norfleet, who has been in feeble health 
for several years, died at 12:10 of a heart attack.

   He was a son of Elisha Norfleet and Mrs. Sarah Riddick Norfleet, and was 
born at the Old Norfleet Home on East Washington Street extended, now in the 
city limits but at the time of his birth in Nansemond County.

   He was a member  of the Suffolk Christian Church and a past member of the 
Suffolk City School Board.  With his twin brother, John B. Norfleet, he was in 
business in Suffolk for 55 years, operating a large hardware store, and later 
engaged in insurance and real estate.

   Surviving his are a son, Dr. Robert Fillmore Norfleet, of Woodberry Forest; a 
grandson, Robert F. Norfleet, Jr. , of Woodberry Forest; a twin brother, John B. 
Norfleet, and a sister, Mrs. W.W. Ballard, of Suffolk.

   The body was brought to Suffolk to the Baker Funeral Home, and funeral 
services will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery, 
with Dr. John G. Truitt, pastor of Suffolk Christian Church, and the Rev. L.A. 
Haskell, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church officiating.

   Nephews will be pallbearers, John B. Norfleet, Jr., and Henry Norfleet, of 
Virginia Beach; Jack West, Ed, George and William Beamon, Hall F. Birdsong and 
W. H. Reid, of Suffolk, and Gordon Edwards , of Evanston, Ill.


Robert Jethro NORFLEET, Suffolk businessman, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 29 Dec 1945, age 79, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block F, Lot 110*), Suffolk, 30 Dec 1945, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Dec. 30, 1945 

*His mother is buried in the same lot. 
   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 mother's obit ("Norfolk Landmark" & "Suffolk Herald," June 10, 1910) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/n614s2ob.txt 

His father, his father's first wife, & several of Robert's siblings & half-
   siblings are buried in a NORFLEET family cemetery, on White Marsh Rd. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. I, 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

see also: 
   Norfleet, Fillmore. 
   "Elisha Norfleet, 1800-1869; his family and documents." 
      'His Nansemond County, Virginia. vol. 2.'
   Woodberry Forest, VA, 1959. (LVA Call Number F232.N18 N7 v.2)] 


"The Norfolk Virginian," Vol. 52, No. 94, Sep. 9, 1896, p. 8, col. 3: 

Robert J. Norfleet Accidently Shot by Captain E.B. Britt While Shooting Sora - 
[...] 

   Suffolk, Va.. Sept. 8. - (Special) - [...] 

  ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. - While on a hunting trip in the marshes on the Nansemond 
river yesterday Robert J. Norfteet, a twin brother of Councilman John B. 
Norfleet, was accidentally shot.  Though painfully hurt his wounds are not of 
a serious nature.  Several of the shot entered his face, while his hands and 
other parts of the body were also peppered.  Harvey Eggleston, who was in the 
same boat as Mr. Norfleet, had two neat little holes punctured in an ear. 

  The gun which did the mischief was fired by Captain E.B. Britt, postmaster 
of Suffolk.  There were a number of boats scattered through the marshes 
shooting sora, and many of them were in easy range of each other.  Captain 
Britt had a pretty shot at a sora which happened to be between him and 
Norfleet's boat, and some of the shot found a lodging place in human game. 
The wounded men came home and received surgical attention. 


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