Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawles, Julius T., 1938 

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JULIUS TELEMECUS RAWLES

JULIUS RAWLES DIES IN HOLLAND

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR PROMINENT CITIZEN SET FOR FRIDAY AT 3:30.

   Suffolk, Aug.3 - (AP) - Julius T. Rawles, 79, prominent citizen of Holland 
and widely known and connected throughout the county and in Suffolk, died this 
morning at Lakeview Hospital, after a months’ illness.

   Mr. Rawles was the son of Henry A. and Edith Duke Rawles and was born in 
Nansemond County, near Holland.  In early manhood he was married to Mrs. Mary 
Dixon Rawles, who preceded him to the grave.  Of this marriage the following 
children survive: I.L. Rawles, of Portsmouth; Henry Richard and Emmett H. 
Rawles, of Suffolk; Sumner, Julius D., and Ernest Rawles, of Holland, and Mrs. 
J.T. Jones, of Holland.  He was married in recent years to Mrs. Ava Rodgers, 
who survives him.  He also leaves 11 grandchildren.

   Mr. Rawles was secretary and treasurer of the Holland Supply Company, which 
was organized in 1909, and was also engaged in farming operations.  He was an 
active member and deacon in the Holland Christian Church and a charter member 
of the Holland Ruritan Club.

   Mr. Rawles was a director and one of the original stockholders of the 
Farmers Bank of Holland.

   He served as mayor of Holland for a number of years and was interested in 
the social, civil and church life of his community.

   The body was taken to the home in Holland, and funeral services will be 
conducted Friday at Holland Christian Church, at 3:30 p.m. by Dr. N.G. Newman, 
Dr. John G. Truitt, The Rev. Arnold Slater and the Rev. W.H. Corbitt.  Burial 
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk.

   Active pallbearers will be J.C. Council, of Norfolk; J.D. MacClenny, 
Harvard Birdsong and Rawles Woodward, of Suffolk; Dr. Gilmer Holland, J.J. 
Holland, John F. Duke and Vernon E. Rawles, of the county.  Honorary 
pallbearers will consist of the deacons of Holy Neck and Holland Christian 
churches, directors of the Farmers’ Bank of Holland, friends and neighbors.


Julius Telemachus RAWLES, businessman & farmer, 
b. near Holland, d. 3 Aug 1938, Suffolk, age 79, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block A, Lot 34*), Suffolk, 5 Aug 1938, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Aug. 4, 1938 

*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 wife'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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