Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wright, Ida Bessie Johnson, 1939 

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ILLNESS FATAL TO MRS. W. T. WRIGHT 

Rites at Hill Chapel 4:30 Thursday, Blackwell to Officiate

  Mrs. William Thomas Wright, age 66, died at a local hospital last night at 
11:50 o'clock after an illness of two weeks. 

  Mrs. Wright was a daughter of the late Jordan E. and Mrs. Esther [sic; 
Hester] Johnson, and widow of the late W.T. Wright. 

  She is survived by three children: two daughters, Mrs. F. Bruce Eberwine, of 
Bennett's Creek, and Miss Esther Wright of Suffolk, and a son, William Jordan 
Wright, Panama City, Panama Canal Zone; two grandchildren, and several nieces 
and nephews. 

  She was an active member of Oxford M.E. church and its Auxiliary and took 
part in many of the church activities. 

  The body was removed to the funeral home of I.O. Hill and Co., where funeral 
services will be held Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, conducted by the 
Rev. H. Conrad Blackwell, the Rev. J.S. Johnston and the Rev. O.M. Clark. 
Burial will be in Cedar Hill cemetery. 

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WRIGHT FUNERAL HELD HILL CHAPEL 

Conducted 4:30 Thurday Interment Made In Cedar Hill Cemetery

  Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Bessie Johnson Wright, widow of William Thomas 
Wright, were conducted Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the Funeral Home 
of I.O. Hill and Company, by the Rev H. Conrad Blackwell, the Rev. J.S. 
Johnston and the Rev. O.M. Clarke. 

  A quartette consisting of Mrs. H.B. Crocker, Miss Edythe Ballard, J.C. West 
and J.C. Harry sang, "Abide with Me," with Mrs. Gilmore Ware as accompanist. 
The casket was covered with a pall of calla lilies and red roses. 

  Active pall bearers were Caleb Everett, Perry Turner, Charlie Johnson, 
Rochelle Gardner, L.W. Jones, N.T. Gray, Presley Smith, R.A. Wright, Charlie 
Jordan, and John Henry Powell.  Honorary pall bearers were members of the 
Woman's Auxiliary of Oxford M.E. Church and friends of the family.  Burial was 
Cedar Hill cemetery. 


Ida Bessie (JOHNSON; Mrs. William T.) WRIGHT, 
b. 30 Sep 1871, Southampton Co., d. 18 Apr 1939, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 117*), Suffolk, Apr. 20, 1939, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 17, No. 22, Wed., Apr. 19, 1939, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 17, No. 24, Fri., Apr. 21, 1939, p. 8 

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

We show her in-laws, William S.N. & Mary Jane (PIERCE) WRIGHT, as buried in 
   Block C, Lot 17. 

We show her parents as buried in Block G, Lot 117. 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt 

It is possible we have an error or type somewhere. 

Birthplace &c. from D.Cert. 8531 (Suffolk #99), which gives both of her 
   parents as b. in Southampton Co. 

However, we show her mother as b. 15 Sep 1836 in Hertford Co., NC, the 
   daughter of Caswell Cobb & Martha (BRETT) FERGUSON. 

Her great-uncle Fenton FERGUSON (1848 - 1918) developed the first 
   successful peanut picker. 
   (Thomas C. Parramore.  "Southampton County, Virginia."  p. 185) 


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