Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pruden, R. Stanley, 1951 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Funeral Tuesday For R. S. Pruden Funeral services for Robert Stanley Pruden, 72, who died at a Portsmouth nursing home Saturday, will be conducted at First Baptist Church tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. Julian S. Hopkins and the Rev. A.L. Lane. Son of the late Mills Edward of Nansemond County, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie L. Pruden, of Magnolia; one daughter, Mrs. O.K. Stanton, Jr., of Alexandria; two brothers, J.E. Pruden, of Sebrell, and Talmadge Pruden, of Nansemond County; four sisters, Mrs. George Williams, Mrs. Ava Roberts, Mrs. P.D. Nelms and Mrs. Lee Archer, all of Nansemond County; a number of nieces and nephews; a half sister, Mrs. Fenton Bryant, of Sedley, and a half brother, M.E. Pruden, of Roxobel, N.C. Robert Stanley PRUDEN, nurseryman, former salesman, b. 6 Dec 1878, Nansemond Co., d. 1 Dec 1951, Portsmouth, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 116*), Suffolk, 4 Dec 1951, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 29, No. 285, Mon., Dec. 3, 1951, p. 8, clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #127762577, by Martha Fontaine Byrum *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 also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #127762577. D.Cert. 26966 (Portsmouth #668) His parents, Mills Edward & Media Ann Frances (MONELL) PRUDEN, are buried in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery. Bethlehem list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/bethchr.txt His first wife's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Nov. 17 & 18, 1940, p. 8) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/p635l1ob.txt He 2m. Mattie Katherine (LATIMER; widow of Arthur Lee Sr.) LATIMER 23 Jun 1945 (Nan.Co. #104). Mattie (1892 - 1980) is buried with her first husband in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Smithfield. Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #48: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/p635s2ob.txt