Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sumner, Dempsey L., 1939 

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Dempsey L. Sumner 

  Suffolk, June 10. - (Saturday) - Dempsey L. Sumner, 75, died this morning at 
12:05 o'clock at a local hospital after a long illness.  He is survived by his 
wife, Mrs. Ella [sic; Elila] Cross Sumner; a daughter, Miss Helen Sumner, and 
a number of nieces and nephews. 

  The body was taken to the funeral home of I.O. Hill and Co., where funeral 
services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. W.H. 
Corbitt, the Rev. H.J. Goodwin and the Rev. R.E. Brittle.  Burial will be in 
Bethlehem Church Cemetery. 

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DEMPSEY SUMNER IS BURIED SUNDAY 

Service Conducted By Rev. Corbitt, Interment at Bethlehem 

  Funeral services for Dempsey Sumner, prominent resident of the county, who 
died at his home on the Holland highway, were conducted Sunday afternoon at 
the funeral home of I.O. Hill and Company by the Rev. W.H. Corbitt, of Holland 
Baptist Church, the Rev. H.J. Goodwin, D.D., pastor of the First Baptist 
Church, of Suffolk, and the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of Bethlehem Christian 
Church. 

  A pall of Easter lilies, gypsophila and fern covered the casket and there 
were many floral tributes. 

  William J. Work, assistant pastor of the First Baptist Church, sang the 
solos "Sunrise" and "Beautiful Home of the Soul," and the choir of the First 
Baptist Church sang "In the Sweet Bye and Bye."  Mrs. W.J. Work was 
accompanist. 

  Active pallbearers were Rawles Woodward, John Henry Powell, Paul Everett, 
L.H. Rawles, Dr. W.H. Chapman, Dr. Edward C. Joyner, I.B. Crutchlow and Otis 
Railey.  Members of the Men's Bible Class and the board of deacons of 
Bethlehem Christian Church, friends and neighbors were honorary pallbearers. 

  Burial was in Bethlehem Church Cemetery. 


Dempsey Lawrence SUMNER, farmer, 
b. 11 Mar 1864, Nansemond Co., d. 10 Jun 1939, Suffolk, 
interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery (Lot 138*), Suffolk, 
   11 Jun 1939, 
donated obit, publication unknown, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #111672425, 
   from the Blannie Barden Daughtrey Collection by Martha Fontaine Byrum;    
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 17, No. 68, Mon., June 12, 1939, p. 6 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of his gravestone - added by Budjr & Ken Campbell - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #111672425. 

He shares the gravestone with his widow & their daughter Helen Virginia. 

D.Cert. 13206 (Suffolk #135) gives his mother as Margaret. 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Oct. 9, 1955, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/s560e1ob.txt 

His father Dempsey Lee SUMNER was a Confederate veteran, having served 
   as a private in the 13th VA Cavalry, although he does not appear in 
   the regimental history.  His widow Martha C. (EVERETT) SUMNER was struck 
   from the 1890 [Federal] Veterans' Schedule for Holy Neck Dist. 

His father-in-law, John Obid "Oby" CROSS (1846 - 1923) was also a Confederate 
   veteran, having served as a private in Co. A, 13th VA Cavalry. 


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