Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Virtley E. Barnes, 1945 

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RITES HELD FOR MRS. V. B. SMITH 

Was Buried In Cedar Hill 

  SUFFOLK, Aug 11. - Funeral services for Mrs. Virtley Barnes Smith were 
conducted at 4 p.m. yesterday at the R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home by Rev. 
H.L. Foster and Rev. R.E. Brittle. 

  Rev. Foster read the poem, "There Is No Death," and a quartet, composed of 
Mrs. Milton Johnson, Mrs. Paul Rawles, T. Byron Cutchin and Rev. Charles W. 
Jones, sang, "Silently The Shades Of Evening" and "Rock of Ages."  Rev. Jones 
sang a solo, "Sunrise." 

  The casket was covered with a pall of lilies, red roses and baby's breath. 
Active pallbearers were the following sons and sons-in-laws: Courtney Smith, 
Curtis B. Smith, William A. Smith, Godwin D. Smith, S.J. Smith, Jr., F.W. 
Mizelle, J.S. Timberlake, Jr., and D.F. Joyner.  Friends of the family served 
as honorary pallbearers and burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


Virtley Eudora (BARNES; Mrs. John Thomas) SMITH, 
b. 9 Jun 1873, Nansemond Co., d. 7 Aug 1945, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 32*), Suffolk, 10 Aug 1945, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 329, Sat., Aug. 11, 1945, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #15709043. 

Her father Isaac Pipkin BARNES (1844 - 1878) was a Confederate veteran, 
   having served as 3rd Sgt. in Co. F, 61st VA Infantry.  He is buried 
   with his parents in Block F, Lot 52. 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

Her widowed mother 2m. Tiberius Gracchus JONES (1855 - 1908) in 1880. 
   He was murdered Oct 1908, and is buried with his second wife in 
   Holland Cemetery. 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt 

D.Cert. 16976 (Suffolk #247) 


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