Nansemond County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Palmer, Thera O. Jr., 1989 

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THERA OMAR PALMER, JR.

   Thera Omar Palmer Jr., 82, of 230 Terrace Ct., died April 3, 1989, in 
Portsmouth Naval Hospital.  A native of Portsmouth.  He had retired as an Army 
major.  He was a veteran of World War II, and had been awarded the Purple 
Heart and Silver Star.  He had also retired as the area director for the 
Veterans Administration after 28 years of service.

   He was a 1930 graduate of Virginia Military Institute.  He was a member of 
Main Street United Methodist Church where he was a member of the James L. 
McLemore Bible Class.  He was a member of the Suffolk Elks Lodge 685, and the 
American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

   Survivors include his wife, Margery Morgan Palmer; two sons, Thera Omar 
Palmer III of Suffolk and Jack Riddick Palmer of Portsmouth; a sister, Ann P. 
Runnolds of Virginia Beach; a brother, John C. Palmer of Pocomoke City, Md.; 
and two grandchildren.

   Graveside services will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in Cedar Hill 
Cemetery by the Rev. David B. Lewis.  The family will receive friends 
Wednesday from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home.

   Memorial donations may be made to the Main Street United Methodist Church 
or the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad.


Thera Omar PALMER, Jr., retired Army major - decorated veteran of WW-II, 
Portsmouth native, d. 3 Apr 1989, Portsmouth, age 82, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block F, Lot 95*), Suffolk, 6 Apr 1989, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Apr. 4, 1989 

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


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