Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Saunders, T. Ralph, 1954 

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Thomas Saunders' Brother Dies in N.C. 

  Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Saunders at Nansemond County, received word today of the 
death of Mr. Saunders' brother, Thomas Ralph Saunders, in Winston-Salem, N.C. 
Funeral arrangements will be announced later. 

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County Native Dies in Carolina 

  Thomas Ralph Saunders, a former resident of Nansemond County, died yesterday 
at 10 a.m. in Winston-Salem, N.C. 

  He was the son of the late Thomas J. and Mrs. Molly Brittain Saunders, of 
Nansemond County. 

  Mr. Saunders is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Parke P. Deans, of Richmond; 
Mrs. Paul Waetge, of Winston-Salem, and Mrs. Fred Lee Lorraine, also of 
Winston-Salem; five brothers, Fred A. Saunders, of Richmond; Fitzhugh L. 
Saunders, of Huntington, Pa.; Calvin B. Saunders, of Roanoke; Thomas J. 
Saunders, III, of Suffolk, and A.N. Saunders of Winston-Salem, and several 
nieces and nephews. 

  The body arrived in Suffolk this morning and was taken to the R.W. Baker and 
Company Funeral Home, where services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. 
W.L. Donat, pastor of Providence Methodist Church, and Dr. I.W. Johnson. 
Burial will be in Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery. 


Thomas Ralph SAUNDERS, retired farmer, 
b. 17 Sep 1891, Nansemond Co., d. 22 Sep 1954, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co., NC, 
interred in Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Chuckatuck, 
   24 Sep 1954, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 32, No. 224, Wed., Sep. 22, 1954, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 32, No. 225, Thurs., Sep. 23, 1954, p. 9 

*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 his gravestone & family plot - added by Colleen Nichols & Jake Dog - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #135778728. 

His parents are also buried there (WC-18). 

D.Cert. 21024 


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