Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Saunders, Job R., 1955 

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JOB RANDOLPH SAUNDERS

JOB R. SAUNDERS SUCCUMBS AT 67

   Job Randolph Saunders, prominent Suffolk lawyer, died at Louise Obici 
Hospital at 7:15 this morning at the age of 67.  He was taken seriously ill 
last night at his home, 800 Riverview Drive.

   He was the son of the late James R. Saunders and Ida Brinkley Saunders of 
Nansemond county.  Saunders is survived by his wife, Mrs. Naomi K. Saunders, 
of Suffolk; one brother, Ray J. Saunders of Nansemond county; three nephews, 
James H. Saunders, Floyd Harrell of Suffolk and Cecil Harrell of Newport News; 
and six nieces, Mrs. Oscar Smith of Nansemond County, Mrs. Connie Quessenberry 
of Coburn, Mrs. Bernard Gayle of Isle of Wight, Mrs. William Larmar of 
Suffolk; Mrs. Fred Basque of Herlong, Calif., and Mrs. Jake Forbes of Puerto 
Rico.

   Saunders attended Professor Starke’s School in Suffolk and was graduated 
from Washington and Lee University with a law degree in 1911.  That same year 
he started a law practice in Suffolk and within a period of a few years formed 
the law firm of Saunders and Hutton.

   The firm dissolved in 1941 when Hutton was appointed circuit court judge 
for Nansemond County.  Saunders had practiced law in Suffolk for 44 years.  He 
was a member and past president of the Suffolk Bar Association, a member of 
the Virginia Bar Association, a past president of the Lions Club, member of 
the Elks Club and a member of the Suffolk Christian Church.

   Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the R.W. Baker 
and Company Funeral Home by Rev. Julian S. Hopkins and Rev. George D. Alley.

   Members of the Suffolk Bar Association are requested to serve as honorary 
pallbearers.


Job Randolph SAUNDERS, Suffolk lawyer, 
d. 30 May 1955, Suffolk, age 67, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 38*), Suffolk, 1 Jun 1955, 
"The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," June 1, 1955 

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

His parents & paternal grandparents are buried in a SAUNDERS family cemetery, 
   on Desert Rd., near White Marsh Rd. 
   Nansemond Co. Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-56&57), 
   another extension of SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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