Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Nurney, Joseph H., 1912 

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JOSEPH H. NURNEY WILL BE BURIED TODAY 

  Suffolk, Va., June 3. - The funeral services of the late Joseph Henry 
Nurney, who died at his home on Washington street Sunday evening at 6:30 
o'clock, will be conducted from his late home on Washington street Tuesday 
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock by Dr. Thos. R. English of Union Theological 
Seminary, Richmond, assisted by Rev. R.M. Maxey of Main Street M.E. church 
and Rev. J.F. Coleman of St. Paul's P.E. church.  Several officials of the 
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad will be present.  Mr. Nurney was not only for 
many years an official of the Coast Line, but the Norfolk Division was built 
partly under his supervision. 

  The following pallbearers have been invited to serve: Honorary - Dr. J.M. 
Gibson, John B. Pinner, R.E. Jones, C.B. Metcalf, J.W. Simmons, Charles 
Tucker, George B. Walton, Otis Smith, W.W. Ballard, Walter Powell, B.J. 
Hughes, W.H. Jones, Jr., Mansfield Batten, C.J. Duke, Herbert West, Gilbert 
Hume, Dr. F.J. Morrison, Dr. W.W. Murray, R.L. Woodward and W.G. Elam. 
Active - J.R. Ellison, A.C. Nurney, F.L. Hart, George W. Skinner, Lee Senica, 
R.H. Brinkley, F.W. Lloyd, and Luther Caulk. 

  The body will be interred with rites of Masons and Woodmen of World, in 
Cedar Hill cemetery. 


Joseph Henry NURNEY, ACL R.R. master, 
b. 12 Oct 1848, Nansemond Co., d. 2 Jun 1912, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block P, Lot 68*), Suffolk, 4 Jun 1912, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 13, No. 99, Mon., July 15, 1935, p. 8, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #190955137, by Brooks Joy 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #190955137. 

His parents, William & Mildred Jane (HOLLAND) NURNEY, 
   are buried in the same lot. 


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