Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawles, Emmett H. Sr., 1970 

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EMMETT HIRAM RAWLES

E.H. RAWLES SR., SUFFOLK LEADER, SUCCUMBS AT 86

   SUFFOLK - (AP) - Emmett Hiram Rawles Sr., 86, industrialist and civic 
leader, died Monday.

   He retired in 1948 from Holland & Lee Peanut Co., where he had served as 
treasurer, general manager and president.

   After retirement from the peanut firm, Rawles opened a real estate 
brokerage office and remained active until his death.

   He was a member of Suffolk City Council for two terms starting in 1935. 
He was treasurer of Suffolk Christian Church for 40 years.

   Survivors include a son, Emmett H. Rawles, Jr. of Suffolk; a sister and 
four brothers.

   A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Suffolk Christian 
Church, with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

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EMMETT RAWLES, 86, SUCCUMBS

   Emmett Hiram Rawles, 86, of 119 Brewer Avenue, the widower of Katherine 
Harrell Rawles, died in a Suffolk hospital Monday at 1:50 p.m.  He was long 
active as an industrialist, civic, church and political figure.

  A native of Nansemond County, he was the son of Julius T. Rawles and Mary 
Dixon Holland Rawles.  He was employed by the Holland and Lee Peanut Company 
for 43 years, retiring in October, 1948, as president, treasurer and general 
manager.  He was also president of Gates Supply Corp., Gates, N.C. and Holland 
Supply Company, Holland, and served as a director of the National Bank of 
Suffolk from 1944 until its merger with Virginia National Bank, on whose 
Suffolk Board he continued to serve until his death.

   After his retirement from Holland and Lee Company in 1948, he opened a real 
estate brokerage office and continued in this profession until the time of his 
death.

   Mr. Rawles became an active member of the Suffolk Christian Church in 1910, 
and served as treasurer of the church for 40 years, and also on its Board of 
Deacons for 19 years.  He was a member of the Baraca Sunday School Class.

   He was elected to the Suffolk City Council in 1935 and served two terms. 
He was also active in Suffolk - Nansemond Chamber of Commerce activities, was 
first elected to the Board in 1930, and served as treasurer of the Chamber of 
Commerce for some time.  He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of 
Birdsong Trust Fund.

   He was an active member of the Masonic Order from 1918, and was voted an 
honorary life membership in the Mt. Nebo Royal Arch Chapter Number Twenty in 
1961, and was also active in and a member of Suffolk Elks Lodge No. 685, 
serving that organization as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

   Mr. Rawles was also a member of the Nathaniel Bacon Chapter of Sons of 
American Revolution.

   He is survived by a son, Emmett H. Rawles, Jr. of Suffolk; a sister, Mrs. 
Mary Edith Jones of Holland; and four brothers, Ernest L. Rawles, Julius D. 
Rawles and Sumner Rawles, all of Holland, and Henry A. Rawles of Suffolk.

   The body will be taken from I.O. Hill Funeral Home to Suffolk Christian 
Church Wednesday at 10 a.m. for a funeral service at 11 a.m. conducted by Dr. 
Robert B. Marr. Burial services will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

   The family will be at the home of Emmett H. Rawles Jr., 813 Dumville 
Avenue, Suffolk.


Emmett Hiram RAWLES, Sr., industrialist, former Suffolk Councilman, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 20 Apr 1970, Suffolk, age 86, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block A, Lot 34*), Suffolk, 22 Apr 1970, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Apr. 23, 1970; 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Emmett 1m. 1907 Mary Elizabeth HARRELL (1885-1908), and 2m. her sis 
    Katherine; all buried in the same lot.  His parents are also buried there. 
    Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
    {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
    http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

His second wife's (donated, 1965) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r420k1ob.txt 

His father's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Aug. 4, 1938) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r420j4ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Suffolk News Herald," dateline June 14, 1935) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r420m5ob.txt 


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