Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Saunders, Diana O. Eppes, 1910 

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DIANA OPHELIA EPPES SAUNDERS

DEATH OF A PROMINENT LADY

MRS. DIANA OPHELIA SAUNDERS PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER,
   MRS. GEORGE TABB, IN PORTSMOUTH - AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT GONE TO ITS REWARD

   Last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Tabb in Portsmouth, Mrs. 
Diana Ophelia Saunders, on of the most prominent women of Nansemond County, 
died in the 86th year of her age.  Mrs. Saunders, who was born on the 14th 
April 1831, was the daughter Hamlin Eppes, who was treasurer and sheriff of 
the county, a leader in the political and social life of the county in his 
day.  She was married in 1847 to Major James R. Saunders, who died seventeen 
years ago.

   She is survived by three sons, Leroy E. of Pittsburg, Pa., Hamlin E. of 
Savannah, Ga., and Paul E., of Archer, Florida; two daughters, Mrs. Hersey 
Woodward, of Suffolk, and Mrs. George Tabb, of Portsmouth; nineteen 
grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

   She has been for sixty-five years a member of Cypress Chapel Christian 
Church.  Mrs. Saunders, though old in years was young in spirit, and entered 
into the affairs of everyday life, and questions of the day, with the 
enthusiasm of a young woman.  Her children and grand-children found in her a 
charming companion and faithful friend and counselor.  All of her life has 
been associated with the life of the town and county, with whose history she 
was thoroughly conversant.  A member of her family sho her well said, "I never 
thought of her as being old, or as near death, she was always so bright and 
cheery."

   The body will be brought to Suffolk Saturday morning at 10 o’clock over the 
Seaboard Air line, and the funeral will conducted from the Christian Church at 
10:30 A.M. by Dr. W.W. Staley.  The body will be taken to the family cemetery 
on the old home place in the county for interment.

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MRS. DIANA O. SAUNDERS

  Mrs. Diana O. Saunders, widow of James R. Saunders died last night at 8:45 
o'clock at the home of her son-in-law, George A. Tabb, No. 1021 Holladay 
Street, after an illness of two weeks.

  Mrs. Saunders was 79 years of age.  She was a resident of Suffolk and was in 
Portsmouth visiting her daughter, Mrs. Tabb.  She was taken ill tow weeks ago.

  Besides Mrs. Tabb, the deceased is survived by the following children: Leroy 
E. Saunders of Alleghany City,Pa; Hamlin E. Saunders of Savannah, GA.; and 
Paul E. Saunders of Archer, Fla.; Mrs. Hersey Woodward, of Suffolk.


Diana Ophelia (EPPES; Mrs. James R. Sr.) SAUNDERS, 
b. 14 Apr 1831, d. 15 Jul 1910, Portsmouth, 
interred in SAUNDERS Cemetery*, Desert Rd.- off White Marsh Rd., 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
"The Norfolk (VA) Landmark," July 15, 1910. 
   (Microfilm #1955, Kirn Library, Norfolk) 

*Her parents are also buried there. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-56), 
   an extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 


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