Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rose, Pearl W., 1959 

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Pearl W. Rose Succumbs at 69 

  Miss Pearl W. Rose, of 129 Military Road, died today at 9 a.m. at the Obici 
Memorial Hospital after an illness of two weeks.  She was 69 years old. 
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home 
by the Rev. Mahlon Elliott, pastor of Oxford Methodist Church and the Rev. 
R.E. Brittle, pastor of Bethlehem Christian Church. 

  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Miss Rose was receptionist for the late Dr. F.A. Ward for a number of years 
and continued as receptionist for Dr. W.A. Seawell until her retirement 
several years ago. 

  A member of Oxford Methodist Church and the West Bible Class of the church, 
she was the daughter of the late Alvin Rose and Sarah Celeste Rose of Lasker, 
N.C. 

  She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Edler Rose Ricks of Norfolk; a brother, 
S.B. Rose of Jackson, N.C., and several nieces and nephews.  Among those are 
Miss Lessie Brown and Miss Elsie Brown of Suffolk and Mr. Jennings Figgatt 
Sr., of Harrisonburg. 


Pearl Waverly ROSE, of Nansemond Co., retired medical secretary, 
b. 1 Oct 1889, Lasker, Northampton Co., NC, d. 25 Jun 1959, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block Y, Lot 41*), Suffolk, 27 Jun 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 150, Thurs., June 25, 1959, p. 11 

*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 Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #93197707. 

Dr. WARD was the owner of the lot. 

Her parents, Alvin M. & Sarah Celestia (ROSE) ROSE, m. 23 Jan 1879, 
   in Northampton Co., NC. 

D.Cert. 15863 (Chuckatuck #173) 


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