Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Saunders, Turpin A. Sr., 1950 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Rites Set for T. A. Saunders Funeral services for Turpin A. Saunders, Sr., who was found dead in his bed yesterday morning about 4 a.m. at his home near Chuckatuck, will be held tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at the Baker Funeral Home. The Rev. H.S. Hardcastle, pastor of the Berea Christian Church, will conduct the services, while burial will take place in Cedar Hill Cemetery. ****************************************************************************** Turpin Saunders Buried Yesterday Funeral services for Turpin A. Saunders, Sr., who died early Thursday morning at his home near Chuckatuck, were held yesterday morning at 11 o'clock at the Baker Funeral Home. The Rev. H.S. Hardcastle conducted the services. The Rev. O.D. Poythress sang "When They Ring Those Golden Bells" and "I Will Not Forget Thee." Dr. Hardcastle read Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar" at the graveside. The pall was of Easter lilies, red roses and white carnations. Pallbearers were A.S. Smith, C.W. Darden, Lafayette Gwaltney, W.G. Saunders, Mike Wright, George Corbin, Jr., T.J. Saunders and Hugh Saunders. Interment followed in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Turpin Algernon SAUNDERS, Sr., farmer, b. 10 Jun 1892, Nansemond Co., d. 2 Mar 1950, at home, near Chuckatuck, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block A, Lot 31*), Suffolk, 4 Mar 1950, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 26, No. 281, Fri., Mar. 3, 1950, p. 1; "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 26, No. 282, Sun., Mar. 5, 1950, p. 1 *Additional information: Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #44315749. His in-laws, George Washington & Lucy W. (FRAZIER) WHITLEY, are buried in the same lot, which George owned: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt D.Cert. 6954 (Chuckatuck #64) His parents, Algernon H. & Virginia "Jennie" (SAUNDERS) SAUNDERS, are buried in Newman Memorial Cemetery, Oakland Christian Church, Chuckatuck. The text of the first obit was not correctable at the LVA's Virginia Chronicle newspaper project - the microfilm was badly scratched before scanning. I believe the text above is correct. (mh) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/s536t2ob.txt