Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....White, Ruby L. Sreves, 1941 

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RUBY SREVES WHITE 

Wife Accidently Kills Herself Handling Pistol 

  Mrs. Sherman L. White, 20, of Eclipse accidently killed herself at her home 
there Wednesday afternoon, December 4th, when an automatic pistol she was 
handling went off and the bullet pierced her heart and lungs.  She was rushed 
to a doctor at Chuckatuck but died before she could be given medical aid. 

  According to a version of the accident related to Dr. Richardson Joyner, 
county coroner, Mrs. White had discovered the pistol in cleaning out her 
husband's automobile.  She was showing it to him and suggesting that he leave 
it at home when she accidentally fired it. 

  The former Ruby Sreves, Mrs. White was a native of Nansemond county.  She 
lived in Norfolk a number of years before moving to Eclipse. 

  Besides her husband, she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.W. 
Sreves of Hilton Village; four sister, Mrs. Rosa Lewis and Mrs. Myrtle Nelms 
of Eclipse, Mrs. Edith May Meyers, and Miss Wilda Sreves of Hilton Village; 
three brothers, Allen and Littleton Sreves of Hilton Village and Floyd Sreves 
of Portlock, Va., and her maternal grandfather, A. Sreves of Westhaven, Va., 
and a number of nieces and nephews.

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RUBY WHITE 

   Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby White were held yesterday at 3 o’clock at 
Mount Zion Christian Church conducted by the Rev. J.H. Warren, pastor, the 
Rev. N.F. Hunt and Dr. I.W. Johnson.

   The church choir, accompanied by Mrs. George Dixon, sang "The Last Mile," 
"Safe In The Arms of Jesus" and "God Be With Us Till We Meet Again."

   A pall of ascension lilies and red roses covered the casket.  Active 
pallbearers were Adolphus Daniels, Bernice Mathews, R.I. Fulgham, Elmer 
Wright, George Dixon, Raymond Dixon, Bruce Keeling, and Clarence Mathews. 
Interment was in the church cemetery.


Ruby Lee (SREVES; Mrs. Sherman Lee) WHITE, 
b. 11 Nov 1915, Eclipse, 
accidentally shot self 3 Dec 1941, home farm, Eclipse, 
interred in Mt. Zion Christian Church Cemetery*, Crittenden, 5 Dec 1941, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 23, No. 37, Dec. 11, 1941, p. 1, col. 7 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Added to the Mt. Zion list (Z-14), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/mtzion.txt 

Her sister, Myrtle Virginia (SREVES) NELMS, & their father, Shedrick W. 
   SREVES, are buried together in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News. 

Her mother, Julia H. (DIXON) SREVES, is buried in Palisade Cemetery, 
   Palisade, Mesa Co., CO. 

Her maternal grandparents, George Franklin & Rosa Ann (WARD) DIXON, 
   are buried in Newman Memorial Cemetery, Oakland Christian Church Cemetery, 
   Chuckatuck. 

House carpenter "Shadrack" & Julia appear with 1 son & 3 daughters in the 
   1920 Census in Chuckatuck Dist., owning a farm on Blink Horn Point in 
   Barretts Neck. 

Navy yard shipwright Sherman, 27, & Ruby Lee, 24, appear in the 1940 Census 
   in Chuckatuck Dist., owning a house on the "Main Road leading from 
   Crittenden onto part of Eclipse called Possum Hollow." 

Several records give SHREVES, SHREAVES, &c. 

Divorced, her widower (1912-1992) 3m. divorcee Thelma Reese (BROWN) AYCOCK, 
   17 Mar 1951 in Hampton (Elizabeth City Co. #90); they are buried in Groton 
   Cemetery, Onancock, Accomack Co.  (Find a Grave Mem. #140369908)


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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