Nansemond-Henrico County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Turnley, J. Whitfield, 1899 

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SUFFOLK 

Many Matters of Interest Picked Up In and Around Town. 
        Special to The Landmark. 

  Suffolk, Va., July 6. - The remains of Mr. J.W. Turnley arrived here this 
morning on the 10:52 train on the Norfolk and Western railroad and were met 
by Equality Lodge No. 108, I.O.O.F., of which he was an honored member, 
sorrowing relatives and many friends, and conveyed to the Main Street M.E. 
Church, where Rev. W.T. Green, the pastor, conducted the funeral services at 
11 o'clock.  Miss Lizzie Tucker and Mrs. W.T. Graham sang a beautiful duet 
at the church - "Sometime We'll Understand."  The following gentlemen acted 
as pall-bearers: Messrs. J.T. Parker, W.T. Rabey, J.M. Swindell, Abram Wilroy, 
W.H. Barnes and J.T. Roberts.  The honorary pall-hearers were Hon. R.L. 
Brewer, Sr., and Mr. H.R. Culley.  The interment was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


James Whitfield TURNLEY, sawyer, Confederate veteran, 
b. 2 May 1837, Henrico Co., d. 3 Jul 1899, Richmond, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block F, Lot 92*), Suffolk, 5 Jul 1899, 
"Norfolk (VA) Landmark," Vol. 48, No. 153, Thurs., July 6, 1899, p. 6 

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

Photos of his gravestones - added by Allison Stec Bell & Jake Dog - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #9800421. 

He was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in the 
   Courtney Henrico Artilley. 


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