Nansemond-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sheffield, Obie W., 1947 

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OBIE SHEFFIELD DIES IN ROANOKE 

Retired Lumberman Dies at 52 

  Obie Willard Sheffield. 52, retired Suffolk lumberman, died last night at a 
veteran's hospital in Roanoke following a long illness. 

  He was the son of the late William and Lucy Sheffield of Sussex County and 
for 15 years was manager of the Suffolk Lumber Company.  He was a member of 
the First Baptist Church, of the American Legion, Post 57, and former member 
of the Suffolk Lions Club. 

  He is survived by his widow Mrs. Willie McDonald Sheffield; a daughter, Miss 
Margaret Byrd Sheffield; three brothers, Charles H. Sheffield, of Waverly, 
Harry R. Sheffield, of Springfield, Ohio, and A.D. Sheffield, of Jacksonville, 
Florida, and a number of nieces and nephews. 

  The body will arrive tonight at the Baker Funeral Home.  Funeral services 
will be held there at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon with the Rev. J. Lester 
Lane, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating.  Burial will be in 
Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


Obie Willard SHEFFIELD, retired Suffolk lumberman, 
b. 4 Oct 1895, Sussex Co., d. 2 Nov 1947, Roanoke, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 114*), Suffolk, 5 Nov 1947, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 191, Sun., Nov. 3, 1947, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #92512354. 

No D.Cert. found 

His mother, Lucy A. (JENNINGS) SHEFFIELD (1852 - 1929), is buried in 
  Waverly Cemetery, Sussex Co. 

His widow's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," June 14 & 15, 1959) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/s143w5ob.txt 


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