Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Philhower, Georgia A. Rawles, 1928 

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MRS. PHILHOWER DIES ON TODAY 

Beloved Woman of Suffolk Is Taken By Death Following Severe Attack of 
   Pneumonia; Was Devoted Church Worker. 

  Mrs. Georgia Ann Philhower, 75 years old and well-known member of the 
Christian Church and the Silver Cross Circle of King's Daughters, died at her 
residence, 310 Cedar street, this morning at 11:50 o'clock of pneumonia.  She 
has been ill for some time, pneumonia developing after slight injuries when 
accidently struck by an automobile. 

  Mrs. Philhower recently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of her marriage 
to J.B. Philhower, who survives.  They were married March 2, 1878.  Both were 
natives of Nansemond county. 

  Besides her husband, Mrs. Philhower is survived by two daughters, Mrs. B.F. 
Culpepper, Magnolia; Mrs. R.J. Brinkley, Suffolk; two sons, J. Claude 
Philhower, Suffolk, and J.E. Philhower, Portsmouth; one sister, Mrs. Mattie 
Baker, Suffolk; one brother, J.C. Rawls, Portsmouth; six grandchildren, J.F. 
Culpepper, Ruth and Edward Culpepper, James Philhower, Rachael and Virginia 
Brinkley; also three great grandchildren, J. Frank Culpepper, Jr., Georgia Ann 
Culpepper and Jean Culpepper, all of Magnolia. 

  Funeral services will be held Saturday from the residence.  They will be 
conducted by the Rev. H.S. Hardcastle and Dr. W.W. Staley. 


Georgia Ann (RAWLES; Mrs. James Brown) PHILHOWER, 
b. 29 Feb 1853, Nansemond Co., d. 5 Apr 1928, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 52*), Suffolk, 7 Apr 1928, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 6, No. 13, Thurs., Apr. 5, 1928, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #84423958, which gives Block D, Lot 50. 

D.Cert. 9098 (Suffolk #107) 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Virginian-Pilot," Aug. 1935) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/p460j1ob.txt 


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