Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pitt, Julia B. Channell, 1947 

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James H. Pitt's Widow Succumbs 

  Mrs. Julia Bunch Channel [sic; Channell] Pitt, widow of James H. Pitt, died 
early this morning at her home near Smithfield after a brief illness. 

  Mrs. Pitt, the daughter, of the late William and Georgianna Moody Channel, 
was born in 1860 in Isle of Wight County. 

  Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Marie Pitt Davis, of Smithfield; one 
granddaughter, Miss Marie Davis, of Smithfield and Marion College, Marion; 
four nieces, Mrs. D.R. Scott, of Elizabeth City, N.C., Miss Ruth Goodson, 
Norfolk, Mrs. Florence M. Now and Mrs. L.O. Nicholson, of Portsmouth, and 
a nephew, P.H. Mayo, of Portsmouth, 

  Services will be held at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Baker Funeral 
Home with Rev. J.F. Colston officiating.  Burial will be in the Wesley Chapel 
Cemetery, Chuckatuck. 

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Conduct Rites For Mrs. Pitt 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Channel [sic; Channell] Pitt, who died 
Friday at her home near Smithfield, were held at 1 o'clock yesterday at the 
Baker Funeral Home.  Rev. J.F. Colston, pastor of Wesley Chapel, Chuckatuck, 
officiated. 

  The pall was of red and white carnations and active pallbearers were J.W. 
Horne, Jr., Jesse Oliver, Ralph Griffin, Leon Chapman, Armistead Whitley and 
Clyde Brock.  Burial was in the Wesley Chapel Cemetery. 


Julia Bunch (CHANNELL; Mrs. James Henry) PITT, 
b. 8 Feb 1860, Isle of Wight Co., d. 3 Jan 1947, at home, near Smithfield, 
interred in Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery*, 4 Mar 1937, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 238, Fri., Jan. 3, 1947, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 240, Mon., Jan. 6, 1947, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Wesley Chapel list (WC-17), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wesleych.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #172057081. 

D.Cert. 1686 (Newport #1) 

Her husband's obit ("Smithfield Times," July 23, 1936, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/p300j1ob.txt 

Her brother Crittenden Clay CHANNELL (1845 - 1902) was a Confederate veteran. 
   C.C.'s widow Margaret Texanna "Maggie Texie" (COFIELD) CHANNELL applied for 
   a pension Feb. 19, 1924, stating he served in the 17th VA Infantry; rather, 
   he served in Co. I, 3rd VA Infantry.  He left a will, recorded 10 Apr 1902 
   (IoW.Co. WB33:643).  He & his widow (1851 - 1932) are buried in Whitehead's 
   Grove Baptist Church Cemetery; he had been a deacon of the church. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #73: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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