Nansemond-Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Saunders, Jobie P., 1954 

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JOBIE PRESSLEY SAUNDERS

   Jobie Pressley Saunders, prominent farmer of the South Quay community, died 
suddenly Wednesday morning at his home near Franklin.  Mr. Saunders was the 
son of the late James Parker and Caroline Beale Saunders of Nansemond County 
and was born Nov. 28, 1888, in the same house in which he died.

   The deceased was a member of Holy Neck Christian Church and was a veteran 
of World War I.

   Mr. Saunders leaves one sister, Mrs. C.J. Cutchin, of Franklin, and a 
number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were held at the graveside in the old family plot near 
Franklin at 2 o’clock today.  The Rev. I.W. Johnson of Suffolk and the Rev. 
R.D. Stephenson officiated.


Jobie Pressley SAUNDERS, South Quay farmer, WW-I veteran, 
b. 28 Nov 1888, Nansemond Co.*, suicide d. 16 Jun 1954, at home (birthplace*), 
interred in the BEALE-SAUNDERS family cemetery**, near Franklin, 17 Jun 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 17, 1954 

**His parents & maternal grandparents are also buried there. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #191: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His family appears in the 1880 Census in Franklin Dist., Southampton Co. 
   They appear in the 1900 Census in Holy Neck Dist., Nansemond Co. 
   His parents m. 31 Jan 1867, in Isle of Wight Co.  (IoW.Co. 1867 #19) 

*His D.Cert. (13750 {Holy Neck #3}) gives. b. Isle of Wight Co. 


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