Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Uzzell, Jesse A., 1951 

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Carpenter Killed Here When Struck by Freight

  A 40-year-old Suffolk carpenter, Jessie Alvin Uzzell, of Holladay Street, 
was killed instantly when struck by a west-bound Norfolk and Western freight 
train about 7:05 o’clock this morning. 

  Dewey Dillard, of 260 Holladay Street, who saw Uzzell immediately prior to 
the incident, told investigating officers that the victim left the East 
Washington Street grade crossing of the railroad and was walking parallel to 
the main line over which the train was passing at the time. 

  Dillard said he next heard Uzzell scream, and he ran to a point 
approximately 70 feet west of the crossing where he found his body. 

  Police Chief L.B. Butler said this morning that circumstances revealed 
through investigation of the fatality indicate Uzzell fell or stumbled into 
the side of the moving train. 

  Investigation was completed by Special Investigator H.W. Churn who 
identified the train as a "local freight," Number 67, bound for Crewe. 
C.B. Saunders, and H.R. Kramer, both of Crewe, were engineer and conductor 
respectively of the train involved. 

  Dr. E.C. Joyner, city coroner, viewed the body this morning, and ordered 
its removal to the I.O. Hill Funeral Home pending notification of the family. 
The body was removed later this morning to the Purvis Funeral Home at Zuni to 
await funeral arrangements. 

  Dr. Joyner said later this morning that the victim suffered multiple 
lacerations but that severe head injuries are attributed as the cause of his 
death. 

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Jesse Albin Uzzle [sic; Alvin Uzzell], 37, Buried Feb. 13th At Zuni, Va. 

  Funeral services for Jesse Albin Uzzle, 37, who was killed Tuesday 
afternoon, February 13th, when struck by a Norfolk & Western Railroad freight 
engine in Suffolk, were held at Antioch Church.  Rev. T.T. Traynham of Zuni 
officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. 

  He is survived by two sons, Amos and Jesse Uzzell, of Zuni; two daughters, 
Miss Jane Uzzell of Windsor, and Miss Barbara Uzzell of Richmond; a brother, 
Staley Uzzell of Zuni; six sisters, Mrs. E.M. Luter and Mrs. Jesse Britt, of 
Zuni; Mrs. C.D. Joyner of Ivor; Mrs. H.H. Horner of Prince George, and Mrs. 
Ray Borger and Mrs. Bill Steinbyer of Norfolk. 


Jesse Alvin UZZELL, Sr., of Suffolk, carpenter, 
b. 21 May 1913, Isle of Wight Co., killed by train 13 Feb 1951, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 15 Feb 1951, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 29, No. 37, Feb. 13, 1951, p. 3, col. 7-8; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 33, No. 38, Wed., Feb. 21, 1951, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His parents, "Willie" William George & "Evie" Eva Della (STEPHENSON) UZZELL, 
   are also buried there. 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 3517 (Suffolk #70) 

An abstract of his mother's D.Cert. 1929-26920 (Hardy Dist., IoW.Co. #8) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/vitals/deaths/u240e3dc.txt 

Her (donated, 1929) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/u240e1ob.txt 

His wife's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," Feb. 1946) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/u240e2ob.txt 


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