Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Withers, Phoebe Jones, 1964 

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PHOEBE JONES WITHERS

MRS. PHOEBE J. WITHERS

  SUFFOLK - Mrs. Phoebe Jones Withers, 79, died Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in 
Hillcrest Nursing Home. 

  A native of Suffolk, she was a daughter of William Henry Jones Jr. and Mrs. 
Sallie Virginia Jones and the widow of John Thornton Withers, she was a member 
of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Suffolk and the Suffolk Woman's Club. 

  She is survived by a son, William Jones Withers of New York City; three 
daughters, [Mrs. Mary Taylor Withers Birdsong of Suffolk,] Mrs. Doris Withers 
McNeal of Virginia Beach, and Mrs. Phoebe Withers Field of Bethesda, Md.; a 
sister, Mrs. Horace W. Phillips of Hardeeville, S.C.; 11 grandchildren and 
three great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in St. Paul's Episcopal 
Church.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery with R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral 
Home in charge. 

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Withers Funeral Will Be Tuesday 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Phoebe Jones Withers, member of an old and 
prominent Suffolk family, will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. in St. Paul's 
Episcopal Church by the Rev. Henry C. Barton, rector, of Birmingham, Ala. 
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, with Baker Funeral Home in charge of 
arrangements. 

  Mrs. Withers, 79, died Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Hillcrest Nursing Home, 
Suffolk. 

  A native of Suffolk, she was a daughter of William Henry Jones Jr. and Mrs. 
Sallie Virginia Jones and the widow of John Thornton Withers.  She was a 
member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Suffolk and the Suffolk Woman's Club. 

  She is survived by a son, William Jones Withers of New York City; three 
daughters, Mrs. Mary Taylor Withers Birdsong of Suffolk, Mrs. Doris Withers 
McNeal of Virginia Beach, and Mrs. Phoebe Withers Field of Bethesda, Md.; a 
sister, Mrs. Horace W. Phillips of Hardeeville, S. C.; 11 grandchildren and 
three great-grandchildren. 


Phoebe (JONES; Mrs. John Thornton) WITHERS, 
b. 23 Apr 1885, Suffolk, d. 3 Aug 1964, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 50*), Suffolk, 4 Aug 1964, 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 42, No. 185, Mon., Aug. 3, 1964, p. 2 

*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 

Photos of her gravestone & plot - added by Jake Dog - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #92805920, which gives Block H, Lot 49.  The 
   gravestone shows d. 2 Aug 1964. 

D.Cert. 22359 (Suffolk #30) 

Her parents are buried in the same lot: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Sep. 9-11, 1948) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w362t1ob.txt 


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