Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Wooster, Mary F. Russell, 1952 

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MARY FRANCES RUSSELL RABEY WOOSTER 

      Mrs. Mary Rabey Wooster 

  Suffolk, May 7. - Mrs. Mary Rabey Wooster, 65, of 141 Madison Avenue, died 
Tuesday at 11 p.m., at the Louise Obici Memorial Hospital after a long 
illness.  She was the widow of F.C. [sic; J.F.] Wooster and daughter of the 
late Frank and Mary Russell, of Nansemond County. 

  She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Wiggins, of Whaleyville; and 
Mrs. Holmes Blanton, of Suffolk; a son, Willie T. Rabey, of Suffolk; two 
brothers, John Russell and Paul Russell, of Whaleyville; three grandchildren 
and a great-grandchild. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Hill Funeral 
Home by the Rev. R.E. Brittle and the Rev. Earl T. Farrell.  Burial will be in 
Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. 

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Rites Held For Mrs. Mary Wooster 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Rabey Wooster, who died Tuesday night at 
Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, were held yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at 
the I.O. Hill Funeral Home with the Rev. R.E. Brittle and the Rev. Earl T. 
Farrell officiating. 

  Mrs. Dudley Joyner and Mrs. Emmett Stancell, accompanied at the organ by 
Mrs. Webb Pinner, Jr., sang "Does Jesus Care?' and "Beyond the Sunset."  The 
Rev. Brittle read Tennyson's poem "Crossing the Bar." 

  The pall was of red roses, Easter lilies, white canations and baby's breath. 
Pallbearers were Joe Horton, Claude Jones, Albert Woodall, Calvin Benton, J.C. 
Dees, Alvin Horne, H.U. Smith and J.P. Lewis. 

  Burial followed in the Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. 


Mary Frances (RUSSELL RABEY; Mrs. J.F. "Fritz") WOOSTER, 
b. 28 Aug 1886, Nansemond Co., d. 6 May 1952, Suffolk, 
interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 8 May 1952, 
"Norfolk Virginian-Pilot," Thurs., May 8, 1952, p. 30 {image 32}, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #103381778, 
   by Perrys; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 111, Fri., May 9, 1952, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of her gravestone - added by Emily & Hixburg23958 - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #103381778; it shows Mary F. RABEY. 

She is buried with her first husband George Washington RABEY (1866 - 1928). 

D.Cert. 12320 (Chuckatuck #139) also gives her husband as F.C. 

Her second husband Jacob Frederick "Fritz" WOOSTER (1857 - 1946) is buried 
   with his first wife in Riverview Methodist Church Cemetery, near Rescue. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #21: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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