Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawles, Sumner, 1976 

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SUMNER RAWLES

   Sumner Rawles, 77, of 6740 South Quay Road, Holland Station, died Tuesday 
night in Norfolk General Hospital.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Emma Squire Rawles and so of the late Julius T. 
and Mary Dixon Holland Rawles.

   He was a member of the Holland Christian church, the Board of Deacons, and 
the Men’s Bible Class of the church.  He belonged to the Holland Ruritan Club, 
and was a former member of the Town Council of Holland.  He was the retired 
manager of the Holland Supply Co. and a retired member of the Board of 
Directors of the United Virginia - Seaboard National Bank.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Nancy Rawles Grissom 
of Montgomery Village, MD.; one sister, Mrs. James Thomas Jones; three 
brothers, Julius D. Rawles, Henry A. Rawles, and Ernest L. Rawles all of 
Suffolk; two grandsons.

   A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Sidney F. Harrell 
Funeral Home by Dr. Jackie L. Crater with burial in Holland Cemetery.

   The family suggests that memorial be made to the Holland Christian Church 
building fund or the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad.


Sumner RAWLES, 
d. 16 Nov 1976, Norfolk, age 77, 
interred in Holland Cemetery*, 18 Nov 1976, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

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

His parents are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block A, Lot 34. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.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," June 14, 1935) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r420m5ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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