Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Gertie Rawles, 1943 

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Smith Funeral Held Yesterday 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Gertie Smith were held yesterday afternoon at 
4:30 o'clock at the Liberty Spring Christian church, conducted by Dr. I.W. 
Johnson and Rev. R.E. Brittle. 

  Two duets were sung by Mrs. Vernon Holland and W.W. Darden, "Sometime We'll 
Understand" and "I Would not Live Always."  A solo, "Sunrise Tomorrow," was 
sung by Mrs. Vernon Holland, accompanied by Mrs. I.W. Johnson. 

  The casket was covered with a pall of lilies, pink rosebuds and blue iris. 

  Active pallbearers were Boyd Austin, Frederick Austin, Willie Austin, Lyle 
Smith, George Smith, Fulmer Eason, F.R. Rodgers, J.W. Tidwell.  Honorary 
pallbearers were friends of the family.  Burial was in the church cemetery.


Gertie (RAWLES; Mrs. Paul Napoleon) SMITH, 
b. 3 Jan 1882, Nansemond Co., d. 20 Jan 1943, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery*, 22 Jan 1943, 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 20, No. 260, Sat., Jan. 23, 1943, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Liberty Spring list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/liberty.txt 

Her parents, John L. & Ida M. (HOLLAND) RAWLES, & her in-laws are also buried 
   there. 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

D.Cert. 1793 (Whaleyville #2) 

Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Mar. 22, 1965, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/s530p2ob.txt 

Her mother's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," June 23, 1950, p. 1, & donated) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r420i1ob.txt 


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