Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Wilkins, Mansfield J., 1934 

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MANSFIELD JACKSON WILKINS 

Mansfield Wilkins Dies At Cypress 

  Mansfield Wilkins, a prominent farmer of the Cypress Chapel community, died 
at his home this morning at 10:30 o'clock.  Death resulted from an illness of 
several months' duration.  He was approximately 63 years of age. 

  Funeral arrangements had not been completed early this afternoon. 

  Surviving Mr. Wilkins are three daughters, Miss Ruth Wilkins and Mrs. Oscar 
Rountree of Cypress, and Mrs. Ernest Bains, of Norfolk; a brother, Jonas 
Wilkins, of Cypress; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Ellis, of Holland and Mrs. Diana 
Gwynn, of Newport News; three great-grandchildren [sic] and several nieces and 
nephews. 

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       MANSFIELD WILKINS 

  Suffolk, Oct. 18 - Mansfield Wilkins, 69, a prominent farmer of Nansemond 
County, died at his home near Cypress Chapel Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock 
after an illness of several months. 

  He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Oscar Rountree and Miss Ruth 
Wilkins, of Cypress Chapel; Mrs. Ernest Baines, of Portsmouth; a brother, 
Jonas Wilkins, of Cypress Chapel; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Ellis, of Holland, 
and Mrs. Diana Gwynn, of Newport News; three grandchildren, and several nieces 
and nephews. 

  Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Cypress 
Chapel Christian Church, conducted by the Rev. R.E. Brittle.  Burial will be 
in the church cemetery. 


Mansfield Jackson WILKINS, farmer, 
b. 15 Dec 1865*, Nansemond Co., d. 18 Oct 1934, at home, near Cypress Chapel, 
interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 17 Sep 1940, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 12, No. 179, Thurs., Oct. 18, 1934. p. 5; 
"Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 135, No. 19, Fri., Oct. 19, 1934, 
   pt. 2, p. 14 {image 28} 

*Additional information: 

Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 

Photos of his gravestone - added by Charles Baker & Emily - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #31352946. 

Birthdate from Nansemond Co. B.Reg. 1865 #107. 

D.Cert. 24441 (Cypress #14) gives b. 14 Sep 1865. 


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