Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawles, Mary D.S. Holland, 1935 

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MARY DIXON SUMNER HOLLAND RAWLES

   SUFFOLK - June 14 - Mrs. Mary Dixon Sumner Rawles, 71, wife of Julius T. 
Rawles, of Holland, died this afternoon at 1 o’clock, after an illness of four 
weeks.

   She was a member of an old Nansemond County family and was the daughter of 
Dixon H. Holland and Mary Eliza Sumner Holland.  Besides her husband, J.T. 
Rawles, she is survived by seven sons, I.L. Rawles, of Portsmouth; Emmett H., 
Henry, and Richard Rawles, of Suffolk; Sumner, Ernest and Julius Rawles, of 
Holland; a daughter, Mrs. J.T. Jones, of Holland; one sister, Mrs. Rosa 
Councill, of Portsmouth, and a brother, Jethro Holland, of Holland; 11 
grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Mrs. Rawles was until a few weeks ago an active member of Holy Neck 
Christian Church, and took part in all of the church work, and was a member of 
the women’s societies of the church.  Funeral services will be held Sunday 
afternoon at 4 o’clock at Holland Christian Church, conducted by the Rev. Dr. 
N.G. Newman, the Rev. Dr. W.M. Jay, of Holland, and the Rev. Dr. John G. 
Truitt, of Suffolk.

   The body will be brought to Suffolk for burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery.


Mary Dixon Sumner (HOLLAND; Mrs. Julius T.) RAWLES, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 14 Jun 1935, Holland, age 71, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block A, Lot 34*), Suffolk, 
"Suffolk (VA) News Herald," dateline June 14, 1935 

An obituary also appeared in "The Christian Sun." 

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

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

Her parents are buried in a HOLLAND family cemetery; site not specified. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol 1 (I-38), an extension of 
   the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 


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