Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Westnedge, S. Bessie Howell, 1948 

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Mrs. Westnedge Succumbs Here 

  Mrs. Bessie Howell Westnedge died at a local hospital at 8:10 o'clock this 
morning after an illness of several months.  She was the daughter of the late 
George W. and Louella Turnley Howell, of Gates County and Henrico County, 
North Carolina. 

  Mrs. Westnedge is survived by a son, Harry V. Westnedge of Suffolk; three 
sisters, Miss Ruth Howell, Miss Fanny Howell and Mrs. George Howerton, of 
Suffolk; one brother, John A. Howell of Suffolk; three grandchildren, Edwin H. 
Westnedge, Kenneth Lee Westnedge, of Suffolk, and Harry V. Westnedge, Jr., 
U.S. Air Force, Salina, Kansas; five nieces and four nephews. 

  She was a member of the First Baptist Church and the King's Servant Sunday 
School Class.  Until her recent illness she was active in church work. 

  Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the 
R.W. Baker Funeral Home with the Rev. J. Lester Lane oficiatlng.  Burial will 
be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

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Rites Held For Mrs. Westnedge 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Howell Westnedge, who died Saturday morning 
at Lakeview Hospital following a long illness, were held at 3:30 o'clock 
yesterday afternoon at the Baker Funeral Home.  The Rev. J. Lester Lane 
officiated and burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  "Living For Jesus" and "Have Thine Own Way Lord" were sung by Mrs. Wortley 
Spivey and Mrs. Claudia Jacobs, accompanied by Mrs. W.F. Whitley. 

  The pall was of gardenias, white carnations and red roses.  Pallbearers were 
John A. Howell, Jr., James Howell, George Howerton, Jr., C.G. Skinner, B.F. 
Rawles, and Burke Howell. 


Sallie Bessie (HOWELL; Mrs. William Leslie) WESTNEDGE, 
b. 1882*, Southampton Co., d. 7 Feb 1948, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 72*), Suffolk, 8 Feb 1948, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 271, Sat., Feb. 7, 1948, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 272, Mon., Feb. 9, 1948, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #135493785. 

D.Cert. 3543 (Suffolk #47) gives d. age 65 years, 6 months, 22 days. 

The 1900 Census - Suffolk, Nansemond Co. - gives b. Jul 1883. 

Her mother, Louella W. (TURNLEY; Mrs. George Washington) HOWELL (1859 - 1919), 
   is buried in the same lot: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 


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