Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wilroy, Abram E. Jr., 1925 

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ABRAM EDGAR WILROY, JR.

DEATH CLAIMS A.E. WILROY, JR. - 
     Prominent Trucker Dies at Sanatorium After Long Illness

   Suffolk, Va., - June 3. - Abram E. Wilroy, Jr., one of the most prominent 
and well known truckers of this section and son of the late A.E. Wilroy of 
Wilroy’s, near Suffolk, died yesterday morning at Blue Ridge Sanatorium after 
a lingering illness, aged 55 years.

   Mr. Wilroy left here several months ago in the hope of restoring his 
failing health, but became worse gradually until the end came.

   He was a member of the Driver Lodge of Odd Fellows.  Until his health 
failed he was active in the management of his large farming interests in 
Nansemond County and was one of the largest and most prosperous truckers in 
this section.  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lena Becker Wilroy; one son, 
Rex; one daughter, Miss Hilda Wilroy; his mother, Mrs. A.E. Wilroy, Sr.; one 
brother, James Wilroy of Nansemond County; six sisters, Mrs. H.B. Simmons of 
Suffolk, Mrs. L.H. Simpson of Norfolk, Mrs. C.L. Brock and Mrs. W.H. Sammons 
of Newport News, Mrs. S.T. Kittrell of Myrtle, Va., and Miss Josephine Wilroy 
of Wilroys, Va., and a number of nieces and nephews.

   The body will arrive home this afternoon on the Norfolk & Western train and 
will be carried to the family residence at Wilroys.  Funeral services will be 
held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o’clock at the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery and 
will be conducted by Rev. W.V. Savage of the Churchland Baptist Church. 
Following will be the pallbearers: Active - John Wilroy, P.S. Blandford, W.B. 
Shafer, J.H. Spivey, V.B. Eberwine, Albert Marshall; honorary - A.G. Darden, 
F.M. Pierce, R.M. Williams, E.T. Eberwine, J.E. Jordan, C.A. Pond, Wade 
Brinkley, J.E. Ames, Sr., Col. R.L. Brewer, W.W. Ballard, A.H. Hargrave, J.A. 
Cheatham, Dr. J.M. Gibson, J.T. Edwards, Jr., and Col. E.E. Holland.


Abram Edgar WILROY, Jr., of Wilroy, farmer & trucker, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 1 Jun 1925, Charlottesville, age 55, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 41*), Suffolk, 4 Jun 1925, 
"The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Jun. 3, 1925 

*His parents are buried in Block H, Lot 21. 
   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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