Nansemond-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Scammell, A. Elizabeth Goodrich, 1917 

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Mrs. W. J. Scammell Dies In Her 90th Year 

Was Oldest Citizen, Save One, Of The City Of Suffolk 

  Suffolk Oct 2. - Mrs. W.J. Scammell died this morning at the home of her 
daughter, Mrs. Mary Price on Hill street, in the ninetieth year of her age. 
Mrs. Scammell was the oldest citizen save one of this city.  She was a 
Daughter of the Confederacy and was a native of Surry county. 

  She is survived by one brother, J.G. Goodrich; five daughters, Mrs. George 
Brown, Mrs. Eva Harrison, Mrs. Mary Price, all of Suffolk; Mrs. Bettie Potts 
of Providence Forge; Mrs. Ernest Atkins of Comet; two sons, William Scammell 
of Richmond and Samuel Scammel of Arizona; two nephews, Willie Goodrich of 
Suffolk; Charles Goodrich of Surry county; one niece, Mrs. Carroll of Surry 
court house. 

  The funeral services will be held at the residence of Mrs. Price on Hill 
street Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. G.T. Lumpkin 
and Dr. W.W. Staley.  The interment will be made in Cedar Hill cemetery. 

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MRS. W. J. SCAMMELL 

  Suffolk, Oct. 4. - The funeral of Mrs. W.J. Scammell, who died here at the 
home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Price, in the 90th year of her age, was held 
yesterday afternoon at the residence on Hill street, conducted by Dr. W.W. 
Staley and Rev. G.T. Lumpkin.  The Baptist quartet sang and Joseph L. Little 
sang the solo, "Face to Face."  The interment was made in Cedar Hill cemetery. 
The active pall-bearers were: W.S. Tebo, F.O Ford, W.N. McAnge, N.G. Norfleet, 
J.H. Mitchell, R.G. Allmond.  Honorary: P.S. Piland, F.S. Skinner, George 
Boykin, Carl Metcalf, L.J. Costen, J.C. Ramsay. 


Averilla Elizabeth "Bettie" (GOODRICH CROPPER; Mrs. William James) SCAMMELL, 
b. 18 Sep 1834*, Surry Co., d. 2 Oct 1917, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (G, Lot 143*), Suffolk, 4 Oct 1917, 
"Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 60, No. 3, Wed., Oct. 3, 1917, 
   p. 9; 
"Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 60, No. 5, Fri., Oct. 5, 1917, 
   p. 11; 
   text of both posted with Find a Grave Memorial #247569059. 

*Additional information: 

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

Find a Grave Memorial #247569059 gives Sarah Bennett (RIGGIN) SCAMMELL 
   (1827 - 10/2/1917) {Oct 2025}.  They are conflating her with William's 
   first wife Sarah Bennett (RIGGINS) SCAMMELL, daughter of Samuel & Unity 
   RIGGINS; Sarah & William m. 18 Apr 1858, in Surry Co. 

D.Cert. 25050 (Suffolk #262) gives b. 18 Sep 1828, daughter of William 
   GOODRICH; the informant was Mrs. Frank M. PRICE - her step-daughter Mary. 

Rather, she was the daughter of Champion & Edney (ROGERS) GOODRICH, who 
   m. 9 Nov 1833, in Surry Co. 

Bettie & William, both widowed, m. 18 Dec 1881, in Surry Co. 

He was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. D, 
  10th Battalion VA Heavy Artillery. 

His obit ("Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Nov. 5, 1913, p. 10) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/s254w1ob.txt 

They appear in the 1900 Census - Bland Dist., Prince George Co. - 
   m. 19 years, with no children. 

All the children named above are her step-children. 


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