Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Woolford, Arthur, 1933 

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ARTHUR THOMPSON WOOLFORD 

Arthur Woolford Is Stricken By Death Early This Morning 

Well Known Banker, Vice-President of the National Bank, Expires While Sitting 
   At His Desk In Conversation With Customer; Had Been In Usual Health; 
   Death Comes As Shock to Community.

  Arthur Woolford, active vice-president of the National Bank of Suffolk, died 
instantly from a sudden heart attack at 9:15 this morning, while sitting at 
his desk talking to J.C. Ramsey, local manufacturer. 

  A quarter-hour earlier Mr. Woolford had entered the bank, and after greeting 
employees with his usual "good morning," had chided H.T. Jackson, cashier, 
about an article in the morning paper. 

  Mr. Ramsey was waiting to confer with him and while they were talking, Mr. 
Woolford suddenly sat back in his chair and closed his eyes.  He was dead. 
Dr. L.W. White, who has offices in the bank building, was summoned but found 
the body lifeless upon his arrival. 

  Mr. Ramsey told bank officers that Mr. Woolford had remarked a few moments 
before the attack that he didn't "feel very well."  He had been up during the 
night attending to freezing water pipes in his home, it was said. 

  Mr. Woolford was 64 years of age.  A native of Maryland, he came to Suffolk 
as a young man forty years ago.  Upon the organization of the National Bank of 
Suffolk four years later, he became the first cashier and held that office for 
26 years, after which he was elected active vice-president ten years ago. 

  Mr. Woolford was interested in a number of local businesses and was 
especially active in the Masonic Order.  He is a past master of Suffolk Lodge 
30, A.F. and A.M., a member of Mt. Nebo Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and is a 
past district deputy grand master. 

  Surviving Mr. Woolford are three sons and two daughters, Austin Withers 
Woolford, of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Miss Nancy P. Woolford, of New York; Arthur 
T. Woolford, of Suffolk; J.R. Woolford, of Montclair, N.J.; and Mrs. Micheaux 
Raine, of Richmond; also a brother, Sam Woolford of Ocean View. 

  Funeral arrangements will not be completed until the arrival here of members 
of the family.  The body was removed from the bank to the funeral 
establishment of I.O. Hill and Company. 

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ARTHUR WOOLFORD FUNERAL SERVICES TUESDAY AFTERNOON 

ALL OF CHILDREN TO BE PRESENT, SON FLYING HOME FROM NEW MEXICO 

   Suffolk, Dec. 31 - Funeral services for Arthur Woolford, prominent Suffolk 
banker and citizen, who died suddenly at his desk in the National Bank of 
Suffolk Saturday morning in his sixty-fourth year, will be conducted at St. 
Paul's Episcopal Church Tuesday afternoon, January 2, at 3 o’clock by the 
rector, the Rev. Herbert N. Tucker. 

   Burial in charge of Suffolk Lodge No. 30, A.F. & A.M. will be in Cedar Hill 
Cemetery. 

   All of Mr. Woolford's children will attend the funeral.  Arthur Woolford 
came immediately after his father's death from Magnolia.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Micheaux Raine arrived Saturday afternoon from Richmond; Miss Nancy Polk 
Woolford from New York City, and John R. Woolford from Montclair, N.J., 
arrived this morning, and Austin Withers Woolford, flying from Santa Fe, New 
Mexico, is due Monday. 

   Active pallbearers will be W.H. Darden, Sr., and J. Thornton Withers, 
brothers-in-law of the deceased; A. Taylor Darden, Sam Woolford, of Suffolk, 
and Aubrey Woolford, of Norfolk; Melville Withers, W.H. Darden, Jr., and 
William Jones Withers, his nephews. 

   Honorary pallbearers will be officers and directors of the National Bank of 
Suffolk; Judge James L. McLemore, I.O. Hill, H.T. Jackson, John Vincent, Jack 
W. Nurney, William Birdsong, J.M. Darden, Vernon G. Eberwine, Bernard W. 
Godwin, W.T. Pond, R.A. Pretlow; and the members of the vestry of St. Paul's 
Episcopal Church: W.E. Hines, Walter B. Ferguson, H.M. Pinner, Charles L. 
Hutchins, Frances S. Chase, Lewis T. Cohoon, G.B. Dixon, E.R. Custis, S.M. 
Lawrence, Dr. J.P. Whedbee, J. Walter Hosier, M.K. Kendrick and P.H. Eley. 

   Representatives of the Masonic Lodges of Suffolk, and of Mount Nebo Royal 
Arch Chapter also will act as honorary escorts. 

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WOOLFORD RITE HERE TUESDAY 

Funeral At St. Paul's At 3 P. M.; Son Flying Here From New Mexico to 
   Complete Family Circle. 

  Funeral services for Arthur Woolford, prominent Suffolk banker, who died 
suddenly at his desk in the National Bank of Suffolk Saturday morning, will be 
conducted at St. Paul's Episcopal Church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, by 
the rector, the Rev. Herbert N. Tucker. 

  Burial, in charge of Suffolk Lodge No. 30, A.F. and A.M., will be in Cedar 
Hill Cemetery. 

  All of Mr. Woolford's children will attend the funeral.  Arthur Woolford 
came immediately after his father's death from Magnolia.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Micheaux Raine arrived Saturday afternoon from Richmond; Miss Nancy Polk 
Woolford from New York City, and John R. Woolford from Montclair N.J., arrived 
Sunday, and Austin Withers Woolford, flying from Sante Fe, New Mexico, is due 
tomorrow morning. 

  Active pallbearers will be W.H. Darden, Sr., and J. Thornton Withers, 
brothers-in-law of the deceased; A. Taylor Darden, Sam Woolford, of Suffolk, 
and Aubrey Woolford, of Norfolk; Melville Withers, W.H. Darden, Jr., and 
William Jones Withers, his nephews. 

  Honorary pallbearers will be officers and directors of the National Bank of 
Suffolk: Judge James L. McLemore, I.O. Hill, H.T. Jackson, John Vincent, Jack 
W. Nurney, William Birdsong, J.M. Darden, Vernon G. Eberwine, Bernard W. 
Godwin, W.T. Pond, R.A. Pretlow; and the members of the vestry of St. Paul's 
Episcopal Church: W.E. Hines, Charles L. Hutchins, Francis S. Chase, Lewis T. 
Cohoon, G.B. Dixon, E.R. Custis, S.M. Lawrence, Dr. J.P. Whedbee, J. Walter 
Hosier, M.K. Kendrick and P.H. Eve. 

  Representatives of the Masonic lodges of Suffolk, and of Mount Nebo Royal 
Arch Chapter also will act as honorary escorts. 


Arthur WOOLFORD, banker, 
b. 2 Aug 1869, Princess Anne, Somerset Co., MD, 
d. 30 Dec 1933, at work, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block N, Lot 1*), Suffolk, 2 Jan 1934, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 11, No. 240, Sat., Dec. 30, 1933, 
   Sect. 1, pp. 1 & 8; 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 11, No. 241, Mon., Jan. 1, 1934, p. 6 

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


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