Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Phelps, Jesse R., 1935 

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MORTUARY 

JESSE R. PHELPS 

  Jesse R. Phelps, aged 82, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J.M. 
Collins, Coley Avenue, Norfolk, Thursday at 8:20 p.m., after an illness of 
several weeks. 

  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Katie L. Phelps, three daughters, and five 
sons: Mrs. C.R. Mason, of Edenton, N.C., Mrs. J.M. Collins, of Norfolk, Mrs. 
L.A. Harmon, of Aulander, N.C., F.G. Phelps, of Whittaker, N.C., W.G. Phelps, 
of Ahoskie, N.C., Jesse L. Phelps and C.C. Phelps, of Suffolk, and T.R. 
Phelps, of Portsmouth.  Also twenty-five grandchildren. 

  The funeral procession will leave the funeral home of I.O. Hill and Company 
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, for Bethlehem Christian church, where 
funeral services will be held at the grave at 3 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. 
R.E. Brittle. 

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MORTUARY 

J. R. PHELPS 

  Funeral rites were held Saturday at the grave at Bethlehem Christian church 
for the late J.R. Phelps, conducted by the R.E. Brittle, the pastor, and the 
Rev. Mr. Wilburn of Norfolk.  The choir sang "The Old Rugged Cross," "Abide 
With Me" and "More About Jesus."  Following acted as active pallbearers: 

  J.M. Ashley, W.C. Austin, Ernest Oliver, W.D. Austin, J.S. Holland, L.R. 
Goodman, P.B. Boone and Roland Holland.  Friends of the family were honorary 
pallbearers. 


CARD OF THANKS 

  We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for the many acts of 
kindness shown us during our recent bereavement and death of our dear husband 
and father, Jesse Rubin Phelps, for the many beautiful floral offerings and to 
those who loaned their cars or helped in any way to comfort us, in our time of 
grief. 
        WIFE AND CHILDREN. 


Jesse Reuben PHELPS, retired farmer, 
b. 30 Dec 1852, Bertie Co., NC, d. 16 May 1935, at daughter's home, Norfolk, 
interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery*, 18 May 1935, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 13, No. 48, Fri., May 17, 1935, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 13, No. 50, Mon., May 20, 1935, p. 2 

*Unmarked?  Added to the Bethlehem list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/bethchr.txt 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

D.Cert. 11430 (Norfolk #886) 


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