Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawls, Virginia W. Riddick, 2000 

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VIRGINIA WILLIAMS RIDDICK RAWLS 

  SUFFOLK - Virginia Riddick Rawls, 85, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2000.  A native 
of Suffolk, she was the widow of Dr. Jepheth E. Rawls, Jr., the daughter of 
the late Ursula Williams and Emmett J. Riddick, and sister of the late Emmett 
J. Riddick, Jr. 

  Mr. Rawls was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, past president of 
the Altar Guild, and a member of the Episcopal Church Women.  She was a past 
member of the Nansemond River Gardens Club, Riddick Folly, Suffolk-Nansemond 
Historical Society and the Suffolk Women's Golf Association.  She was a 
graduate of Farmville State Teachers' College, now known as Longwood College. 

  Mrs. Rawls is survived by two sisters-in-law, Mary Sue Parker of Suffolk and 
Margaret Rawls Bullard of Mebane, N.C.; two brothers-in-law, Dr. Charles H. 
Rawls of Suffolk and Dr. Harvey P. Rawls of Virginia Beach; and three cousins, 
Norman N. Bradshaw of Suffolk, Floyd B. Bradshaw Jr. of Portsmouth and Blanch 
McCall Felder of Gainesville, Ga. 

  A funeral will be conducted at the graveside at 2 p.m. Sunday at Cedar Hill 
Cemetery by the Rev. H. Vance Mann III. 

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    Virginia R. Rawls 

  Virginia Riddick Rawls, 85, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2000. 

  A native of Suffolk, she was the widow of Dr. Japheth E. Rawls Jr., daughter 
of the late Ursula Williams and Emmett J. Riddick, and sister of the late 
Emmett J. Riddick Jr. 

  Mrs. Rawls was a member of the St, Paul's Episcopal Church, past president 
of the Altar Guild, and a member of the Nansemond River Garden Club, Riddick's 
Folly, Suffolk-Nansemond Historical Society and the Suffolk Women's Golf 
Association. 

  Mrs. Rawls was a graduate of Farmville State Teachers' College, now know as 
Longwood College. 

  She is survived by two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Mary Sue Parker of Suffolk and 
Mrs. Margaret Rawls Bullard of Mebane, N.C.; two brothers-in-law. Dr. Charles 
H. Rawls of Suffolk and Dr. Harvey P. Rawls of Virginia Beach; and three 
cousins, Norman N. Bradshaw of Suffolk, Floyd B. Bradshaw of Portsmouth and 
Blanch McCall Felder of Gainesville, Ga. 

  Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, at the 
gravesite at Cedar Hill Cemetery by the Rev. H. Vance Mann III.  Memorial 
donations may be made to St. Paul's Episcopal Church Altar Guild, 213 N. Main 
Street, Suffolk 23434. 


Virginia Williams (RIDDICK; Mrs. Japeth Edward Jr.) RAWLS, 
b. 1 Oct 1914, Suffolk, d. 18 Aug 2000, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block M, Lot 1*), Suffolk, 20 Aug 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA)," Sat., Aug. 19, 2000; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 76, No. 199, Sun., Aug. 20, 2000, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

Her parents are buried in Block I, Lot 49. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

A photo of Virginia - added by Sheila Smith-Lee - and one of her gravestone - 
   added by Hixburg23958 - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #135224989. 

Her father's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Apr. 21, 1969, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b200a2ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Sep. 14, 1931, p. 3) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b200m4ob.txt 


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