Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sullivan, Oscar E., 1937 

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MORTUARY 

OSCAR E. SULLIVAN 

  Funeral services for Oscar E. Sullivan, who met his death on the tracks of 
the Norfolk & Western Thursday [sic; Wednesday] morning, were held Friday 
afternoon at the I.O. Hill & Company funeral home, conducted by Dr. George 
Wesley Jones, assisted by Dr. H.J. Goodwin and the Rev. O.M. Clarke. 

  A quartette from the Main Street Methodist church, accompanied by Mrs. W.F. 
Whitley, sang the hymns "Rock of Ages" and "Jesus Lover of My Soul." 

  A pall of pink roses and carnations covered the casket.  There were many 
handsome floral tributes. 

  Active pallbearers were: J.W. Ward, Henry Rawles, Marvin Whitley, W.W. 
Mumford, W.J. Wails, M. Calvin Benton, R.T. Daughtrey, and M. Anderson Maxey. 
Friends of the family were honorary pallbearers.  Interment was made in Cedar 
Hill cemetery. 


Oscar Everett SULLIVAN, night watchman, 
b. 24 Jul 1884, Mt. Olive, NC, struck by train 6 Oct 1937, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 27*), Suffolk, 8 Oct 1937, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 15, No. 171, Sat., Oct. 9, 1937, p. 6 

*His mother & 2 siblings are also buried there.  Cedar Hill list, an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt 

Birthplace &c. from D.Cert. 24049 (Suffolk #293), which gives son of Oscar Sr. 
   & Dora (JOYNER) SULLIVAN; accident, suicide or homicide: ?. 

His father's name actually was Volse. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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