Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....West, Katherine Beamon, 1956 

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KATHERINE BEAMON WEST

MRS. WEST DIES/RITES TOMORROW

   Mrs. Katherine Beamon West, daughter of the late Dr. John Richard Beamon 
and Alida Norfleet Beamon, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hall F. 
Birdsong, 719 North Broad Street at 5 a.m. today.  Mrs. West had recently 
undergone surgery.

   She is survived by three daughters; Mrs. Hall Birdsong, Mrs. Henry B. 
Crocker and Mrs. William H. Reid, all of Suffolk; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. 
Jack C. West, III, ten grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; several 
nieces and nephews.

   Mrs. West was a member of the Oxford Methodist Church, and a member of the 
board of the Church.  She was a Past President of the Woman’s Society of 
Christian Service for 25 years; a charter member of the Suffolk Woman’s Club, 
Suffolk Book Club, Suffolk Social Club and Constantia Chapter of Daughter’s 
of the American Revolution.

   Funeral services will be conducted at Oxford Methodist Church Wednesday at 
3:30 p.m. by the Rev. Woodrow Laine and the Rev. Edgar A. Potts, of Norfolk.

   Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.  The body will lie in state for one 
hour prior to funeral.

   Members of church board are asked to serve as honorary pallbearers.  The 
West Bible Class is requested to attend in a body.

   The family has requested that flowers be omitted.


Katherine (BEAMON; Mrs. Joshua C. Jr.) WEST, 
d. 28 Feb 1956, at daughter's home, Suffolk, age 74, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 55*), Suffolk, 1 Mar 1956, 
"The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald" 

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

Her parents, Dr. John R. & Alida (NORFLEET) BEAMON, are buried in 
   Block C, Lot 47.  Cedar Hill list for BEAMON: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Jan. 3, 1951) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w230j2ob.txt 


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