Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Simmons, Ruth L. Wilroy, 1959 

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RUTH LEXTON WILROY SIMMONS 

Mrs. Simmons' Rites Wednesday 

  BOYKINS - Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Wilroy Simmons, a former Suffolk 
resident, will be conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Baker Funeral Home, 
Suffolk, by the Rev. George S. Lightner, pastor of Main Street Methodist 
Church.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. 

  Mrs. Simmons died suddenly Monday at 6:30 p.m. at her home in Boykins. 

  She is a member of Main Street Methodist Church, Suffolk, and has lived in 
Boykins for four years.  Before going to Boykins she had previously lived in 
Norfolk. 

  She was a daughter of the late Abram Wilroy and Mrs. Josephline Holloway 
Wilroy, of Nansemond County. 

  She is survived by her husband, Henry Bernard Simmons, Boykins; three 
sisters, Mrs. Lydia W. Simpson, Richmond; Mrs. Della W. Kittrell, Portsmouth, 
and Mrs. Page W. Brock, Williamsburg; several nieces and nephews. 

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MRS. RUTH W. SIMMONS 

   BOYKINS - Mrs. Ruth Wilroy Simmons died suddenly Monday at 6:30 p.m. at her 
home in Boykins. 

   She was a daughter of the late Abram Wilroy and Mrs. Josephine Holloway 
Wilroy, of Nansemond County. 

   She is survived by her husband, Henry Bernard Simmons, Boykins; three 
sisters, Mrs. Lydia W. Simpsons, Richmond; Mrs. Della W. Kittrell, Portsmouth, 
and Mrs. Page W. Brock, Williamsburg; several nieces and nephews. 

   She was a member of the Main Street Methodist Church, Suffolk.  She had 
lived in Boykins for four years. 

   Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Baker Funeral 
Home by the Rev. George S. Lighter, pastor of the Main Street Methodist 
Church.  Burial was in the Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. 


Ruth Lexton (WILROY; Mrs. Henry B.) SIMMONS, 
b. 29 Sep 1883, Nansemond Co., d. 9 Mar 1959, at home, Boykins, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 21*), Suffolk, 11 Mar 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 58, Tues., Mar. 10, 1959, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 54, No. 22, Thurs., Mar. 12, 1959, 
   Sect. II, 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 

Her gravestone is half buried; the dates are concealed.  A photo of it - 
   added by Steve Poole - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #60209800. 

D.Cert. 8059 (Boykins #4) 

Her parents, Abram Edgar Sr. & Josephine (HOLLOWAY) WILROY, are buried in 
   the same lot: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

Her widower 2m. widow Ida (HANKS) SWARTS (1894 - 1972) in 1963.  She is 
   buried with her first husband in Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth. 

Her father (1841 - 1923) was a Confederate veteran, having served in 
   Co. G, 41st VA Infantry, and Co. K, 61st VA Infantry. 

The "Tidewater News" obit is on a page that is not numbered.  The LVA's 
   "Virginia Chronicle" newspaper database lists it as [Sect. I] p. 8; 
   permanent link: 
   https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TDWNS19590312.1.8 


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