Nansemond County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Walters, William J., 1910 

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WILLIAM JOSEPH WALTERS 

W. J. WALTERS DROPPED DEAD AT POST DUTY 

  Suffolk, Va., September 13. - W.J. (Babe) Walters, about 48 years old, 
dropped dead today at the plant of the Virginia Manufacturing Company, where 
he was employed as a machinist. 

  There was no warning of the end.  Mr. Walters was seemingly in his usual 
health. 

  He went to get a drink of water and was in the act of raising the cup when 
he fell over backwards.  He died without speaking a word. 

  The funeral arrangements had not been completed up to tonight. 

  The deceased is survived by a widow, who was Miss Kate Lassiter; one 
daughter, Katharine; one adopted daughter, Hazel, and two brothers - J.J. 
Walters, of Portsmouth, and Bud Walters, of Raleigh. 

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         Two Sudden Deaths. 
   [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] 

  Suffolk, Va.. September 13. - While taking a drink of water to-day, W.J. 
Walters. forty-eight years old, fell backward and expired without speaking. 
A widow, daughter and adopted daughter survive him. 

  Mrs. Mollie Bradshaw, of Suffolk, died suddenly to-day, at the home of a 
son, L. Upshur Bradshaw, near Windsor.  She is survived by three daughters 
and three sons. 


William Joseph "Babe" WALTERS, machinist, 
b. 31 Oct 1858, Norfolk, d. 13 Sep 1910, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block E, Lot 34*), Suffolk, 15 Jan 1890, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 36, No. 71, Wed., Sep. 14, 1910, p. 7; 
"Times-Dispatch" (Richmond, VA), No. 18,377, Wed., Sep. 14, 1910, p. 2, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #190921551, 
   by Jeffry Burden 

*Additional information: 

His mother Phatamy (COX; Mrs. George) WALTERS, is 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 

A photo of his monument - added by Hixburg23958 - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #190921551. 

His widow (1865 - 1937) is marked on another side of Babe's monument.  She 2m. 
   widowed Confederate veteran "Billy" William Henry BARNES in 1916. 


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