Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Russell, James A., 1971 

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JAMES ALFRED RUSSELL

JAMES ALFRED RUSSELL, 69, SUFFOLK LAND, CAR DEALER

   SUFFOLK, James Alfred Russell, 69, president of Mid-City Land Corp. and an 
automobile dealer here 43 years, died Monday at 9:20 a.m. in his home in 
Everetts Bridge.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Emma William Russell and a son of Charles B. and 
Mrs. Nettie Ballard Russell of Gates County. He was born in Nansemond County.

   For 43 years, he was president of Suffolk Motor Co. and recently was still 
associated with the firm.

   He was a member of the L.L. Hoggard Sunday school class of First Baptist 
Church, Suffolk Elks Lodge 685, and Travelers Protective Association.

   Besides his widow, surviving are five sisters, Mrs. J.W. Poulson, and Mrs. 
_.W. Folk of Suffolk, Mrs. Raymond Brown of Ivor, Mrs. A.J. Woodhouse of 
Norfolk, and Mrs. Margaret Howell of Williamsburg; four brothers, Henry L. 
Russell of Magnolia, Clinton B. Russell and Joseph D. Russell of Nansemond 
County, and W. Earl Russell of Suffolk; and nieces and nephews.

   The body will be taken from I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home to First Baptist 
Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday for a funeral service at 3 p.m. by the Rev. K. Donald 
Berg. Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery.


James Alfred RUSSELL, automobile dealer, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 23 Aug 1971, at home, Everetts Bridge, age 69, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 24 Aug 1971, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

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


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