Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Wright, Mary J. Pierce, 1899 

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TOWN OF SUFFOLK 

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  Suffolk, Va., March 3. [...] 

AGED LADY DEAD. 

  The funeral of the late Mrs. William S.N. Wright took place at 2 o'clock 
to-day from the home place, three miles from Suffolk.  The Rev. H.H. Butler 
preached it.  The burial was at home.  These were pall-bearers: B.C. Roberts, 
Tobe Gray, H.H. Williams, Thomas J. Saunders, J.M. Nelms, M.J. Williams. 

  Mrs. Wright was 72 years old.  She died yesterday morning.  The deceased was 
the mother of fourteen children, seven of whom are living, and twenty seven 
grandchildren, of whom seventeen are alive. 

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SUFFOLK. 

Many Matters of Interest Picked Up In and Around Town. 

  Special to The Landmark. Suffolk, March 3. - The funeral of Mrs. W.S.N. 
Wright, who died at the home of her husband, near Providence Church, about 
three miles from Suffolk, yesterday, took place from the house this 
afternoon at 2 o'clock and the remains were interred in the family burying 
ground a short distance from the house.  Mrs. Wright was 72 years and 6 
months of age at the time of her death, the mother of fourteen children, 
seven of whom survive her.  She had twenty-seven grandchildren, seventeen 
of whom survive her.  Rev. H.H. Butler conducted the funeral services and 
the following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: Messrs. Tobe Gray, B.C. Roberts, 
J.M. Nelms, T.J. Saunders, H.H. Williams and M.J. Williams. 

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Mary Jane (PIERCE; Mrs. William Stephen Nelms) WRIGHT, 
b. 6 Aug 1826, Nansemond Co., d. 2 Mar 1899, at home, Nansemond Co., 
interred in the WRIGHT family cemetery*, , Hwy. 460, 3 Mar 1899, 
marked in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 17*), Suffolk, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 2, No. 84, Sat., Mar. 4, 1899, p. 8; 
"Norfolk (VA) Landmark," Vol. 48, No. 50, Sat., Mar. 4, 1899, p. 6 

*Additional information: 

Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (NV-I-67), an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

Photos of her cenotaph - added by Jake Dog - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #127580078. 

Mary Jane was the daughter of Micajah & Martha (ROGERS) PIERCE. 

Her widower 2m. Junetta V. LUKE, daughter of Robert J. & Elizabeth (PIERCE) 
   LUKE, 9 Nov 1899, but is buried & marked with Mary Jane.  His obits 
   ("Virginian-Pilot" & "Norfolk Landmark," June 2, 1900) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w623w2ob.txt 

Junetta (1855-1930) is buried with her maternal aunt & uncle Micajah & 
   Mary Elizabeth (LUKE) PIERCE in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery - 
   Row 2, Plot 3. 
   Western Branch list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.txt 


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