Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sturgeon, Willa Rawls, 1939 

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WILLA RAWLS STURGEON

MRS. STURGEON BURIED SUNDAY

SERVICE HELD AT 3:30, WITH INTERMENT IN CEDAR HILL CEMETERY

   Funeral services for Mrs. Willa Rawles [sic; Rawls] Sturgeon, wife of 
Howard Elbert Sturgeon, and a prominent member of the younger social group of 
this city, were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the funeral home 
of I.O. Hill and Company by Dr. H.J. Goodwin, and the Rev. A.L. Franklin.

   A quartet composed of Mrs. R.H. Harrell, James Moore and W.J. Work, 
accompanied by Mrs. W.J. Work, sang "Asleep in Jesus" and "Beautiful Isle of 
Somewhere."

   The casket was covered with a pall of red rosebuds, Dutch iris, lilies of 
the valley and fern, and there were many other handsome floral designs.

   Active pallbearers were Claude Dennis, Jr., Jack W. Nurney, Dr. G. 
Richardson Joyner, P.M. Burton, W.C. Gatling, J.R. Shryer, Duke Hosier, and 
John Eley.  Member of the American Legion Auxiliary in which Mrs. Sturgeon 
held a membership, attended in a body.  Friends and neighbors served as 
honorary pallbearers.  Interment was made in Cedar Hill Cemetery.


Willa (RAWLS; Mrs. Howard E.) STURGEON, 
d. 6 Jan 1939, age 41, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block P, Lot 12*), Suffolk, 8 Jan 1939, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

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

Her parents are buried in Block P, Lot 11. 
   Cedar Hill list for RAWLS: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

Her father, David N. RAWLS, was the last member of the Tom Smith UCV Camp. 
   His (donated, 1928?) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r420d1ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/s362w1ob.txt