Nansemond-Dinwiddie County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Walton, Bessie S. Thrift, 1935 

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MRS. BESSIE THRIFT WALTON 

  Mrs. Bessie Thrift Walton, 81, widow of George B. Walton, died this morning 
at her home in Cedar street. 

  She was a member of the Suffolk Presbyterian church for the past 47 years. 
Before her illness, which resulted from an automobile accident several years 
ago, in which Mr. Walton lost his life, she was active in the church work and 
organizations. 

  Mrs. Walton was a native of Dinwiddie county, the daughter of the late Mr. 
and Mrs. Jacob Thrift. 

  Surviving are one sister, Mrs. W.W. Anderson of Petersburg; the following 
nieces and nephews: Evans Jones, of Suffolk; Nelson and Garland Anderson of 
Petersburg; Mrs. John Harris, Misses Biddie and Lola Nicholas and Charles 
Nicholas, Mrs. Blanche Stone and William Thrift of Richmond; Willie and David 
Thrift of Nettleton, Miss.; several great nephews and nieces and several great-
great nephews and nieces. 

  Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the 
residence on Cedar street.  The Rev. Carl B. Craig, pastor of the Presbyterian 
church will officiate. 

  Burial will be in Cedar Hill cemetery. 


Bessie S. (THRIFT*; Mr. George B.) WALTON, 
b. 4 Jul 1855, Dinwiddie Co., d. 22 Jul 1935, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 37*), Suffolk, 23 Jul 1935, 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 13, No. 105, Mon., July 22, 1935, p. 3 

*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 - added by Jake Dog & Jenny - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #14419180. 

Her parents, Jacob L. & Arianna (EVANS) THRIFT, m. 9 Jan 1851 in Dinwiddie Co. 

D.Cert. 16725 (Suffolk #250) gives daughter of Jake & Areana (EVANS) SHRIFT. 

Her husband (1846 - 1929) was supposedly a Confederate veteran, and was a 
   member of the Tom Smith Camp, UCV, although he was a native of NH and 
   living there in 1860. 

They m. 16 Sep 1902 (Richmond #559). 


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