Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pinner, Henry MacRae, 1968 

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HENRY MacRAE PINNER

HENRY MacRAE PINNER, 78, DEVELOPER, CHURCH LEADER

   SUFFOLK - Henry MacRae Pinner, 78, retired merchant, farmer, land developer 
and civic and church leader, died late Monday in Louise Obici Memorial 
Hospital.

   A native of Nansemond County, he was a son of Millard Fillmore and Mrs. 
Mary MacRae Pinner and the husband of Mrs. Lucy Ellen Woodland Pinner, 
formerly of Baltimore.

   He was educated in private schools of Suffolk and Bingham School, 
Asheville, N.C.

   He was engaged in the seed, fertilizer and produce business in Suffolk 
until 1929 when he devoted his entire time to extensive farming interests and 
a chick hatchery.  These were sold in the mid-1950’s along with real estate 
holdings which included Eastover and Northgate subdivisions.

   He later bought an interest in Ramsey Lumber Co. and was its secretary and 
treasurer until 1962, when he sold his holdings

   He was a past president of the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce, Community 
Chest, and Old Dominion Area Boy Scout Council.  For 35 years he was a member 
of the council executive board, and held the Silver Beaver award.

   He was chairman of both the Suffolk and Nansemond County Planning 
commissions, and was county representative to the Regional Planning Commission 
and the Tidewater Virginia Development Corporation.

   He was a past president of the Suffolk Rotary Club and a member since 1923. 
He also headed the Virginia Camellia Society, and was named First Citizen of 
Suffolk and Nansemond County in 1958.

   He was a teacher, superintendent, and president of the Men’s Bible Class of 
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. He was church treasurer 27 years and a vestryman 
35 years, and had several terms as warden.

   He had been chairman of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Southern 
Virginia, an honor seldom bestowed on laymen, and for many years was on the 
Diocesan executive board.  He was on the official board of Historic Old St. 
Luke’s Church, and was active in its restoration.

   Besides his widow, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Lee G. Sannelle of 
Providence, R.I.; a brother, Donald G. Pinner of Suffolk; and a sister, Mrs. 
Jean Pinner Rawls, of Suffolk.

   A funeral service will be conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. in St. Paul’s 
Episcopal Church by the Rev. James H. Newsom Jr.   Burial will be in Cedar 
Hill Cemetery.  The funeral procession will leave R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral 
Home at 2:45 p.m.


Henry MacRae PINNER, retired merchant, farmer & land developer, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 13 May 1968, Suffolk, age 78, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 4*), Suffolk, 15 May 1968, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*His mother is buried in Block E, Lot 10. 
   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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