Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Saunders, Alice L. Chapman, 1950 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Rites Tomorrow For Mrs. Saunders Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Chapman Saunders, 70, who died yesterday morning at 11 o'clock at the Medical College Hospital, Richmond, will he held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Oakland Christian Church. Dr. H.S. Hardcastle will conduct the services and interment will follow in the Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery. She was the daughter of the late George D. and Winifred Edwards Chapman of Isle of Wight County and the widow of William G. Saunders, Sr., of Chuckatuck. She is survived by a son, William G. Saunders, Jr., of Chuckatuck; a daughter, Mrs. Frank W. Sheffield, Jr., of Richmond; seven grandchildren; a brother, Richard B. Chapman of Smithfield; two sisters, Mrs. F.W. Randolph of Richmond and Mrs. R.D. Linthicum of Louisville, Kentucky. The body was taken to the Baker Funeral Home where it will remain until tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. At this time the funeral procession will leave for the Oakland Christian Church. Alice Lee (CHAPMAN; Mrs. William Glover Sr.) SAUNDERS, b. 16 Apr 1879, Isle of Wight Co., d. 19 Mar 1950, Richmond, interred in Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Chuckatuck, 21 Mar 1950, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 26, No. 295, Mon., Mar. 20, 1950, p. 3 *Additional information: Wesley Chapel list (WC-19), an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wesleych.txt Photos of her gravestone & family plot - added by Jake Dog - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #136599715. D.Cert. 5484 (Richmond #711) Alice & William m. 6 Dec 1894 in Isle of Wight Co. Her parents are buried in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Smithfield. Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #48: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Her father (1842 - 1927) was a Confederate veteran, having served in Co. A, 19th VA Heavy Artillery. "Snacks" was later a member of the House of Delegates. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/s536a4ob.txt