Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wilkins, Arthur S., 1929 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ARTHUR STANLEY WILKINS Suffolk, Oct. 3 - Arthur S. Wilkins, four-year-old [sic; 3*] son of Mr. and Mrs. Abram [sic*] Wilkins, died suddenly today at 11:30 a.m., at his parents’ home on East Washington Street. Besides his parents, the boy is survived by a sister, Alice Wilkins, of Suffolk; a grandmother, Mrs. M.J. Johnson [sic*], of Philadelphia. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the residence by the Rev. E.C. Deans, pastor of West End Baptist Church. Burial will be in Cypress Cemetery. Arthur Stanley WILKINS, likely son of Arthur and "Allie" Alice Catherine (BRINKLEY) WILKINS, b. 17 Apr 1926, Suffolk, d. 3 Oct 1929, at home, Suffolk, interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 4 Oct 1929, marked in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, donated obit, newspaper unknown *Additional information: His D.Cert. (24792 {Cypress #339}) gives son of Abe and Alice (Johnson) Wilkins; buried Cypress Chapel; the informant was "Mr. Alice Wilkins." He is marked in Holly Lawn Cemetery with Arthur WILKINS & his second wife. Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt (Find a Grave Mem. #51751088) Arthur WILKINS, son of Henry & Elizabeth "Lizzie" (GRIGGS) WILKINS, 1m. 24 Jun 1925, in Nansemond Co., "Allie" Alice Catherine BRINKLEY, daughter of Abram & Julia (MATHIAS) BRINKLEY; they divorced in 1936, with 3 children. (Ancestry.com Virginia Marriage & Divorce Records) Henry & "Lizzie" are indeed buried in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. Cypress Chapel list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt Henry's (donated, 1947) obit is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w425h1ob.txt Abram & Julia are buried in a BRINKLEY family cemetery, on Deer Forest Rd. Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-24), another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol3.txt Arthur 2m. 14 Jun 1939, in Portsmouth, Arie Elizabeth PORTER, daughter of Willie Herman & "Mattie Lou" (COOK) PORTER. (Southampton Co. m.lic. #156) Willie Herman & "Mattie Lou" are buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-55): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt Arthur & Arie appear in the 1940 Census in Cypress Dist., Nansemond Co., with his children Alice, age 12, James, 10, & Jeter, 7. James' 1953 m.cert. (Nansemond Co. #229) gives his mother as Alice Morrisette. He is also buried in Holly Lawn. (Find a Grave Mem. #143630741) Their sister Alice m. Richard E. FORRESTER, Sr.; they are also buried in Holly Lawn. (Find a Grave Mems. #194310014 & #194310047) Find a Grave gives Arthur Stanley & James as sons of Arthur & Arie; the obits attached James' & Alice's Mems. also gives children of Arthur & Arie. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w425a1ob.txt