Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Rabey, Mourning Wilkins, 1922 

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MOURNING "MONIE" WILKINS RABEY/RABY 

  Mrs. Monia Rabey.  Funeral services for Mrs. Monia Rabey, who died Monday 
afternoon, will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the grave in Cedar 
Hill cemetery, Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley officiating. 

  Mrs. Rabey, who was 71 years old, is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Annie 
Brewer and Mrs. Mary Wood, of Portsmouth, and four sons, Hersey Rabey, of 
Portsmouth, Richard Rabey, of Franklin, Archie Rabey, of Norfolk, and Rufus 
Rabey, of North Carolina. 

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  Mrs. Monia Rabey. - The funeral of Mrs. Monia Rabey, who died at the home of 
her son, Archie Rabey, 269 Holiday [sic; Holladay] street, Monday afternoon, 
was held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery, 
conducted by Dr. W.W. Staley.  Active pallbearers were: R.B. Evans, G.T. Eley, 
G.R. New, Dan Hewell [sic; Howell], Drewery Harrell, G.R. Ellington, P.B. 
Williams and Irvin Brinkley; honorary - C.F. Taylor, G.L. Hume, Dr. O.R. 
Yates, Gee T. Rawls, E.C. Brooks and J.T. Hines. 


Mourning "Monie" (WILKINS; Mrs. "Jim" James A.) RABEY/RABY, 
b. 15 Jun 1840*, Nansemond Co., d. 11 Sep 1922, at son's home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 12 Sep 1922, 
"Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 89, No. 75, Wed., Sep. 13, 1922, 
   p. 11; 
"Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 89, No. 77, Fri., Sep. 15, 1922, 
   p. 17 

*Additional information: 

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

D.Cert. 20310 (Suffolk #262) gives b. 15 Jun 1851, daughter of Jim and Betty 
   WILKINS; the informant was her son Archie. 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

Her m.rec. gives daughter of James & Winney WILKINS. 

Her son Archie A. RABEY/RABY (1874 - 1936) is also buried there. 

Her son Richard RABY (1872 - 1950) is buried in Black Creek Baptist Church 
   Cemetery.  SCHS Cemetery Project Black Creek list (BC-25): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 

The 1900 Census - Holly Grove Dist., Gates Co., NC - gives b. Jun 1840. 

The 1910 Census - Cypress Dist., Nansemond Co. - gives age 62. 

The 1920 Census - 112 Holladay St., Suffolk - gives age 79, widowed. 


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