Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawles, Ava L. Turner, 1937 

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MORTUARY 

MRS. AVA T. RAWLES 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Ava T. Rawles were held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 
o'clock at the Liberty Spring Christian church, conducted by Dr. I.W. Johnson 
and the Rev. A.E. Cloud. 

  A quartette composed of Mrs. G.C. Bradshaw, Mrs. Clarence Harrell, W.W. 
Darden and R.A. Harrell, accompanied by Mrs. I.W. Johnson, sang "A Christian's 
Goodnight" and a solo "In The Hour of Trial" was sung by W.W. Darden. 

  There were many handsome floral tributes, a pall of ascension lilies and 
pink rosebuds covering the casket.  Active pallbearers were: Willard F. 
Morgan, Charlie Duke, Chammie Harrell, E.B. Rawles, Foushee O'Berry, Conrad 
Barnes, J.K. Parker, and T.A. Park.  Honorary pallbearers were the Baraca 
class and friends of the family.  Interment was made in the church cemetery. 


Ava Long (TURNER; Mrs. Vernon E. Sr.) RAWLES, 
b. 25 Jan 1874, Vance Co., NC, d. 7 Oct 1937, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery*, 9 Oct 1937, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 15, No. 172, Mon., Oct. 11, 1937, p. 6 

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

Birthplace &c. from D.Cert. 27358 (Whaleyville #14) 

Her parents were Zachary Taylor & Bettie (DANIEL) TURNER. 


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