Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Russell, Cecil W., 1953 

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Cecil Wiggins Russell, County Native, Dead 

  Cecil Wiggins Russell, 58, died this morning at 12:45 at the home of his 
brother, Raleigh Russell, of near Whaleyville, after an illness of several 
weeks. 

  He was the son of the late Charlie Wiggins Russell and Tulie Savage Russell, 
of Nansemond County. 

  Besides his brother, with whom he made his home, others surviving are two 
sisters, Mrs. L.F. Horton, of Suffok and Mrs. H.L. Warren, of Whaleyville; 
several nieces and nephews. 

  The body was taken to the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home where funeral 
services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.  The Rev. R.E. 
Brittle and the Rev. J. Sydney Cobb will conduct the services.  Place of 
burial will be announced later. 

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CECIL WIGGINS RUSSELL 

  Funeral services for Cecil Wiggins Russell, who died yesterday at the home 
of his brother, Raleigh Russell, of near Whaleyville, will be held tomorrow 
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home. 

  The Rev. R.E. Brittle and the Rev. J. Sydney Club [sic; Cobb] will conduct 
the services.  Interment will take place in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

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CECIL WIGGINS RUSSELL

   Suffolk, Virginia, February 3 - Age 58, died Tuesday, February 3, 1953 at 
12:45 a.m. at the home of his brothers, Raleigh Russell near Whaleyville after 
an illness of several weeks.  He was a son of the late Charlie Wiggins Russell 
and Tulie Savage Russell of Nansemond County.  Besides his brother, he is 
survived by two sisters, Mrs. L.T. Horton of Suffolk and Mrs. H.L. Warren of 
Whaleyville.  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, February 5, 1953 at 
2:30 p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of 
Bethlehem Christian Church and the Rev. J. Sydney Cobb, pastor of Great Fork 
Baptist Church.  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery.  Pallbearers: Billy 
Walter, David Baines, Burleigh Baines, Tommy Horton, Carlton Russell, Edward 
Brothers, Jessie Wiggins, and Ernest Hayes.

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Cecil Wiggins Russell Buried in Holly Lawn 

  Funeral services for Cecil Wiggins Russell, who died Tuesday morning at the 
home of his brother Raleigh Russell of near Whaleyville, were held yesterday 
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home with the 
Rev. R.E. Brittle and the Rev. J. Sidney Cobb officiating.  Burial followed 
in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

  Mrs. William Jakeman and Mrs. J.E. Edwards, Jr., accompanied by Mrs. Webb 
Pinner, sang "Breathe on Me."  Mrs. Jakeman sang as a solo "Beyond the 
Sunset."  The Rev. Brittle read the poems "The House by the Side of the Road" 
and "Crossing the Bar." 

  The pall was of red roses and white carnations.  Pallbearers were Billy 
Walters, David Baines, Burleigh Baines, Tommy Horton, Carlton Russell, Edward 
Brothers, Jesse Wiggins and Ernest Hayes. 


Cecil Wiggins RUSSELL, log-truck driver, 
b. 26 Aug 1894, Nansemond Co., d. 3 Feb 1953, at bro's home, near Whaleyville, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery (Block V, Lot 6*), Suffolk, 16 Feb 1953, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 31, No. 28, Feb. 3, 1953, p. 2; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 31, No. 29, Feb. 4, 1953, p. 2, col. 5; 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 31, No. 31, Feb. 6, 1953, p. 1, col. 8 

*Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

His half-bro Raleigh is buried in Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery; 
   their father may also be buried there. 
   Liberty Spring list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/liberty.txt 

His sister Susie HORTON is buried in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery; 
   their father, Charlie Wiggins RUSSELL, may be there, as well. 
   Cypress Chapel list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 


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