Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wright, Blanch E. Parker, 1977 

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Mrs. Blanch Wright 

  Mrs. Blanch Parker Duke Raby Wright, 87, of 485 Lummis Road, died this 
morning in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. 

  She was the widow of George C. Wright and daughter of the late James Thomas 
and Effa Duke Parker and was a member of Liberty Spring Christian Church. 

  She is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Beulah Pulley of Suffolk, Mrs. Ruth 
Shan of Mineola, N.Y., Mrs. Louise Wilson and Mrs. Beryl Coley of Burlington, 
N.C., Mrs. Daphney Mattson and Mrs. Burnell Riddle of Hampton; one son, James 
Thomas Raby of Hyattsville, Md.; 18 grandchildren; and 32 great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Sidney F. Harrell 
Funeral Home with the Rev. Jack Carter officiating.  Burial will be in the 
Holland Cemetery. 

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Mrs. Wright 

  SUFFOLK - Mrs. Blanche Parker Duke Rabey Wright, 87, 485 Lummis Road, 
Suffolk, died this morning in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. 

  She was a member of Liberty Spring Christian Church. 

  Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Beulah Pulley of Suffolk, Mrs. Ruth 
Shan of Mineola, N.Y., Mrs. Louise Wilson and Mrs. Beryl Coley of Burlington, 
N.C., Mrs. Daphney Mattson and Mrs. Burnell Riddle, both of Hampton; a son, 
James Thomas Rabey of Hyattsville, Md.; 18 grandchildren and 32 great-
grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Sidney F. Harrell 
Funeral Home by the Rev. Jack Carter. 

  Burial will be in the Holland Cemetery. 

   The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. 

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Mrs. Wright 

  SUFFOLK - A funeral for Mrs. Blanche Parker Duke Rabey Wright of Suffolk, 
who died Tuesday, will be at 3 p.m. today in Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home. 
Burial will be in Holland Cemetery. 


Blanche Effa (PARKER DUKE RABEY; Mrs. George Columbus) WRIGHT, of Suffolk, 
b. 20 Oct 1890, Nansemond Co., d. 3 May 1977, Suffolk, 
interred in Holland Cemetery*, 5 May 1977, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 55, No. 104, Tues., May 3, 1977, p. 2; 
donated obits, publications unknown, 
   clippings posted with Find a Grave Memorial #199455110 by PJGun82 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by PJGun82 - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #199455110. 

Her first husband, Jesse Herbert DUKE (1887 - 1917), has been added to 
   Holland Cemetery.  His parents, George W. & Sarah Ann (LUKE) DUKE, 
   are also buried there.  George's father, James Madison DUKE, was a 
   Confederate veteran, serving as a private in Co. I, 14th VA Infantry. 

D.Cert. 77-014361 

Her second husband, Job Savage RABEY (1870 - 1930), is buried with his 
   parents, Andrew Jackson & Emeline Elizabeth (SAVAGE) RABEY, in a 
   RABEY family cemetery on Copeland Rd. (Rt. 627).  Andrew was a Confederate 
   veteran, serving as a private in Co. I, 41st VA Infantry, then as the 
   1st sergeant of a guerilla band, and finally in the Commissary Department. 

Her third husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Oct. 25, 1946, p. 3) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w623g4ob.txt 


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