Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, R. Gertrude Vaughan, 1952 

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ROSA GERTRUDE VAUGHAN SMITH

   Suffolk, Sept. 29 -Mrs. Gertrude Vaughan Smith, 74, of Holland died today 
at 4 p.m., in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital after a long illness.  She was 
the widow of John William Smith, of Holland, and daughter of the late Jessie 
and Catharine Hannah Bradshaw Vaughan, of Murfreesboro, N.C.

  She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W.H. Corbitt of Portsmouth; Mrs. 
A.H. Howell of Norfolk; one son, T.V. Smith of Holland, and a niece who made 
her home with her, Miss Jesse Mae Lankford, of Holland; two sisters, Mrs. 
Beulah Butler, Norfolk; Mrs. Otelia Harrell, Whaleyville; five grandchildren 
and one great-grandchild, several nieces and nephews.

   The body was taken to the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home where it will 
remain until Wednesday at 2 p.m., at which time it will be taken to the 
Holland Baptist Church for services at 3 p.m., conducted by the Rev. L.L. 
McGee, pastor. Burial will be in the Beaver Dam Cemetery near Carrsville.

[Note: Rosa Gertrude Vaughan Smith (Gertie) died September 29, 1952. 
 She was born August 27, 1878 in Nansemond County, Va. (pvm)]  

Rosa Gertrude "Gertie" (VAUGHAN; Mrs. John W.) SMITH, 
d. 29 Sep 1952, Suffolk, age 74, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, 31 Sep 1952, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown [cem. list cites I.O. Hill Funeral Home]  

*Her parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beaver Dam list (BD-71 & -75): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

Her husband's (donated, 1927) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/s530j4ob.txt 

Her father's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Sep. 16, 1899, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/v250j1ob.txt 

Her mother's (donated 1906) obits are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/v250c1ob.txt 


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