Nansemond County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Philhower, Jacob E., 1952 

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Former County Resident Dead 

  Jacob Edward Philhower, 62, a former Nansemond County resident, of Princess 
Anne Road, Norfolk, died Monday at 11 a.m. in the U.S. Marine Hospital, 
Norfolk, after a long illness. 

  He was the son of the late James B. and Georgie Rawls Philhower, of 
Nansemond County.  He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. John Seratelli, of New 
Jersey; one son, Cole Philhower, also of New Jersey; two sisters, Mrs. R.J. 
Brinkley, of Suffolk, and Mrs. B.F. Culpepper, of Ocean View; three 
grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. 

  The body was taken to the I.O. Hill Funeral Home, where it will remain until 
Wednesday at 2:15 p.m., at which time the funeral procession will leave for 
Cedar Hill Cemetery for graveside services at 2:30 p.m., to be conducted by 
Dr. H.S. Hardcastle.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


"Jake" Jacob Edward* PHILHOWER, of Norfolk, pipefitter, Army veteran of WW-I, 
b. 26 May 1889*, Magnolia, Nansemond Co., d. 4 Feb 1952, Norfolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 52*), Suffolk, 6 Feb 1952, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 30, Tues., Feb. 5, 1952, p. 3 

*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 his gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #84424138. 

His parents are buried in the same lot. 

D.Cert. 2843 (Norfolk #219) gives b. 26 May 1889. 

The 1900 Census - Suffolk, Nansemond Co. - gives b. May 1889. 

His WW-II draft card gives Jacob Edwin, b. 26 May 1892. 

His sister Ava (PHILHOWER; Mrs. Robert Jackson) BRINKLEY applied for a 
   military headstone for Jacob 26 Mar 1952.  Birthdate 26 May 1889 was 
   altered to 26 May 1890, but the stone shows May 26, 1889. 

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

His mother's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Apr. 5, 1928, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/p460g1ob.txt 

Jake fatally shot his second wife Doris Elizabeth (HOGGE HEATH) PHILHOWER, 
   8 Sep 1936 at their cabin at the Virginia Dare filling station, Kingsboro, 
   Nansemond Co., which he operated.  He was sentenced to 20 years' 
   imprisonment, but was released by 1942.  Coverage of the murder & trial 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/news/19360908nh.txt 

Doris is buried with her parents in Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth. 

Jake was shot [grazed] in the head and badly cut during a robbery of the 
   filling station, 10 Mar 1936.  He & Doris identified the assailants 
   16 Mar 1936 in Portsmouth.  Coverage is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/news/19360311nh.txt 


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file at: 
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