Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Woodward, Marmaduke E., 1955 

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MARMADUKE EPPES WOODWARD

SUFFOLK, MAY 4 - Marmaduke Eppes Woodward, 60, son of the late Hersey and 
Augusta Eppes Woodward of Suffolk, died at 7:30 a.m. today at the Obici 
Memorial Hospital.  He had been ill for several weeks.

He was educated in the Suffolk schools and at Elon College and later studied 
voice in New York City.   For a number of years he was a tenor soloist at the 
Presbyterian church in Wilmington, N.C., and later was a member of the choir 
of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Suffolk.  He was a veteran of World War I 
and a member of St. Paul's Church and of the Sons of the American Revolution.

He was much interested in and was a collector of antiques.  He was a member of 
the staff at several antique shops in Suffolk and was called on for expert 
advice by people in Suffolk and this section in selecting them.

Surviving are one sister, Miss Marie Woodward of Suffolk; four brothers, 
Hersey Woodward, Jr. and Richard L. Woodward, III, of Suffolk; James S. 
Woodward of Phoebus and Thomas L. Woodward of Suffolk, a number of nieces and 
nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m. at St. 
Paul's Episcopal Church with the Rev. John A. Winslow, rector, officiating.

Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.


Marmaduke Eppes WOODWARD, antique expert, WW-I veteran, 
d. 4 May 1955, Suffolk, age 60, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 8*), Suffolk, 5 May 1955, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), May 5, 1955 

*His parents are buried in the same lot. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

His father's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Nov. 11, 1932) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w363h1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Sep. 11, 1941) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w363a1ob.txt 


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