Nansemond-Halifax County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....White, John E., 1947 

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Schedule White Rites Tomorrow 

  Funeral services for John E. White, 58, of 307 Kilby Avenue, who died 
yesterday at Virgilina, where he was a railway telegraph operator, will be 
held at the Hill Funeral Home.  The Rev. J. Ivan Hart, assistant pastor of 
the First Baptist Church will officiate and burial is to be in Cedar Hill 
Cemetery. 

  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie Lee White; two daughters, Mrs. M.L. 
Rountree, of Portsmouth, and Mrs. Walter H. Allison, of Nansemond County; two 
sons, Robert and Macon White of Suffolk; a sister, Mrs. John Hadden, of 
Toronto, Canada, and seven grandchildren. 

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White Services Held Yesterday 

  Funeral services for John E. White, of Kilby Avenue, who died Sunday at 
Virgilina, were conducted at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Hill Funeral 
Home with the Rev. J. Ivan Hart officiating. 

  Mrs. Archie Smither and Ben Stevenson, accompanied by Mrs. Julian Goodwin, 
sang, "Sometime We'll Understand" and "Abide With Me."  The pall was of Easter 
lilies, white asters and red roses. 

  Pallbearers were J.W. White, . J. [sic] Oliver, L.S. Burton, E.J. Sitterson, 
C.M. Rountree, Floyd Lilly, J.A. Mann and H.O. McClenny.  Masonic rites were 
conducted at the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


John Elvace WHITE, of Suffolk, Southern Rwy. depot agent & telegraph operator, 
b. 5 Oct 1889, Durham, Durham Co., NC, d. 10 Aug 1947, Virgilina, Halifax Co., 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block W, Lot 36*), Suffolk, 12 Aug 1947, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 121, Mon., Aug. 11, 1947, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 123, Wed., Aug. 13, 1947, p. 3 

*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 his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #92892619; it shows b. 1888. 

His widow (1895 - 1960) is also buried there, apparently unmarked.  
   Her obit appeared in the "Virginian-Pilot," Sep. 3, 1960. 

D.Cert. 18318 (Dist. 417C #12) 

His WW-I & WW-II draft cards also give b. 5 Oct 1889. 


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