Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Stallings, Moody E., 1920 

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MOODY EASON STALLINGS 

Moody E. Stallings Victim Of Pneumonia 

  Suffolk, Feb. 9. - Moody E. Stallings, aged 27, died at 10 o'clock to-night 
from pneumonia, following an attack of influenza.  He had been sick only a 
few days, and his death came as a great shock to the community.  He was a 
Washington and Lee graduate. 

  Deceased was elected mayor of Suffolk when he was only twenty-three years 
of age, and was prominent in the campaign here for a change from the old 
aldermanic to the city manager form of government.  His four-year term expired 
last September, when he relinquished the reins of office to a city manager. 

  Mr. Stallings married Miss Alphins [sic; Alphin], and to this union two 
children have been born, Moody, Jr., and Francis.  Besides his immediate 
family, Mr. Stallings leaves to mourn his death a father, A. Stallings and 
stepmother; a brother, Sam Stallings, and two sisters, Misses Fannie and Mary 
Stallings. 

  The funeral service will be announced later.  

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Funeral Today Of Moody E. Stallings 

  Suffolk, Feb. 10. - The death of Suffolk's beloved former boy mayor, Moody 
E. Stallings, of pneumonia, following influenza, Monday night at 10 o'clock, 
has proved a blow to the whole community.  He was a graduate of the Jefferson 
high school, and later took his degree in law at the Washington and Lee 
University.  At the age of twenty-three Mr. Stallings was elected mayor of the 
city, with one of the largest majorities that any public officer in the city 
ever received. 

  When the campaign for the new form of city government arose the young mayor 
threw his influence for the better form of government, and was one of its most 
ardent supporters.  He has been engaged in the active practice of law for some 
years, and was regarded as one of the coming men of the community. 

  The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the 
residence in Chestnut street, conducted by Rev. J. Arthur Winn. 


Moody Eason STALLINGS, lawyer, former Mayor of Suffolk, 
b. 11 Nov 1892, Suffolk, d. 9 Feb 1920, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block F, Lot 92*), Suffolk, 11 Feb 1920, 
"Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 69, No. 41, 
   Tues., Feb. 10, 1920, p. 18, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial 92446696, by Perrys; 
"Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 69, No. 42, 
   Wed., Feb. 11, 1920, p. 11 

*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 Jake Dog - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial 92446696. 

His parents, Abner & Mary Alfred (EASON) STALLINGS, are buried in the 
   same lot. 

D.Cert. 4517 (Suffolk #42) 

His widow "Sadie" 2m. Charles Daughtrey ANDREWS in 1922; they are buried in 
   Block H, Lot 88: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

Her obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Sep. 6, 1987, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/a536s3ob.txt 


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