Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Simpson, George W., 1959 

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George Simpson's Funeral Tomorrow 

  Funeral services for George Washington Simpson will be conducted Saturday at 
2 p.m. at Oakland Christian Church by Dr. H.S. Hardcastle, pastor.  Burial 
will be in the church cemetery. 

  The body will be taken from the Baker Funeral Home to the church to lie in 
state one hour prior to services. 

  Members of the Men's Bible Class of Oakland Christian Church are asked to 
serve as honorary pallbearers. 

  Mr. Simpson, 78, died at his home in Nansemond County Thursday at 3 p.m. 
after a long illness. 

  A retired farmer, he was the son of the late Thomas V. and Isabell Markham 
Simpson and was a member of Oakland Christian Church. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Emma Thornton Simpson; five sons, Thomas V. 
Simpson and William B. Simpson, both of Nansemond County; Lee Ralph Simpton 
of Portsmouth; T. Thornton Simpson of Newport News and O. Carlton Simpson of 
Suffolk; four daughters, Mrs. Edna Eure of Hertford, N.C.; Mrs. Effie White 
of South Norfolk; Miss Esther Simpson of Newport News, and Mrs. Ruth Mattox 
of St. Petersburg, Fla.; l6 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; one 
brother, W.W. Simpson of Elizabeth City, N.C.; two sisters, Mrs. Lula Meads 
and Mrs Maggie Cartwright, both of Elizabeth City, and several nieces and 
nephews. 


George Washington SIMPSON, retired farmer, 
b. 10 Aug 1880, Pasquotank Co., NC, d. 8 Jan 1959, at home, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Newman Memorial Cemetery*, Oakland Christian Church, Chuckatuck, 
   10 Jan 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 7, Fri., Jan. 9, 1959, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

A photo of his gravestone - added by SweetGoldfish - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #157536998. 

D.Cert. 2305 (Cypress #11) 

His parents are buried in Union Methodist Church Cemetery, Elizabeth City, 
   Pasquotank Co., NC. 


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