Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Taylor, Claude H., 1969 

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CLAUDE H. TAYLOR 

  PORTSMOUTH -- Claude Hobson (Buck) Taylor, 62, died at 2:45 a.m. today in a 
Portsmouth hospital.  He lived in the Governor Dinwiddie Hotel. 

  A native of Suffolk, he was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.  He was 
employed at Hall's Bakery in Portsmouth for 38 years. 

  He was the son of William Henry and Mrs. Etta Duke Taylor. 

  Surviving him are three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Taylor Walton of Richmond, 
Mrs. William H. Johnson and Miss Etta Taylor, both of Suffolk. 

  A funeral service will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the graveside in 
Holly Lawn Cemetery.  The Rev. James H. Newsome, rector of St. Paul's Church, 
will officiate. 

  The funeral procession will leave I.O. Hill Funeral Home at 1:45 p.m. Monday 
for the cemetery.  The family will be at the home of Mrs. William H. Johnson, 
Sr., 110 Brewer Ave. 


Claude Hobson "Buck" TAYLOR, baker, 
b. 4 Jan 1907*, Suffolk, d. 1 Nov 1969, Portsmouth, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 3 Nov 1969, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 47, No. 262, Sun., Nov. 2, 1969, p. 10 

*Additional information: 

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

No Find a Grave Memorial 

D.Cert. 69-032514 gives Claud, b. 4 Jan 1906. 

His WW-II draft card gives Claud, b. 5 Jan 1907. 

His parents are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block P, Lot 46. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt 

His father (1848 - 1923) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. I, 68th VA Infantry.  His mother applied for a pension May 31, 1928. 

His maternal grandfather Parker DUKE (ca. 1840 - 1896) also was a Confederate 
   veteran, having served as a private in Co. I, 61st VA Infantry.  His widow 
   Elizabeth "Bettie" (RAWLS) DUKE (1837 - 1917) applied for a pension 
   September 4, 1908.  They were buried in a family cemetery on Hosier Rd., 
   but later moved to Holly Lawn Cemetery. 


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