Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Simons, Samuel H., 1938 

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Funeral Rites Held For S. H. Simons

  Funeral services for S.H. Simons were conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 
o'clock bv the Rev. W.H. Corbitt, the Rev. L.F. Paulette, and the Rev. W.V. 
Carroll at the Western Branch Baptist church. 

  Members of the church choir, accompanied by Miss Nellie Mae Nelms, sang 
"Abide With Me," and "It Is Well With My Soul." 

  There were many beautiful floral tributes.  The casket was covered with a 
pall of Easter lilies and pink rosebuds. 

  Active pallbearers: John Henry Powell, Edward Simons, William Simons, 
Leonard Darden, Robert Hayes, J. S. Owens, Mills E. Godwin, and Harry James. 
Friends of the family served as honorary pallbearers.  Burial was in the 
church cemetery. 


Samuel Houston SIMONS, retired farmer, 
b. 4 Aug 1854, Nansemond Co., d. 29 Mar 1938, Richmond, 
interred in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 1, Plot 5*), 
   31 Mar 1938, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 16, No. 10, Sat., Apr. 2, 1938, p. 8 

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

His parents are buried nearby in a SIMONS family cemetery, on Simons Dr. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-59), 
   another extension of the 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. 

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