Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Worrell, Delaware T., 1941 

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DELAWARE THOMAS WORRELL

SUFFOLK’S LAST OLD CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES 

  Delaware Thomas Worrell, age 93 years, died Thursday afternoon at 1:10 
o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. D. Gardner, 123 N. Saratoga 
Street, after a long illness. 

  He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J.D. Gardner, of Suffolk, and one 
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Clara Bradshaw Worrell, of Newsoms, Va., ten 
grandchildren and three great grandchildren.  Several nieces and nephews. 
The body was taken to the funeral home of I.O. Hill & Company, where it 
will remain until 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, at which time it will be 
taken to his late residence.  

  Mr. Worrell was a veteran of the Civil War, and a member of the No. 158 
Calvary Unit [sic*], he was also a member of the Newsoms Baptist church. 
During his active life he was a prominent farmer of Southampton County, Va. 

  The funeral procession will leave the residence Saturday at 1 o'clock for 
the family cemetery in Newsoms, Virginia, where the services will be held 
at the grave at 3 o'clock conducted by the Rev. C.P. Cleveland, pastor of 
the Newsoms Baptist church, and Dr. H.J. Goodwin, pastor of the First Baptist 
church Suffolk. 

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  Suffolk, April 5, Funeral services for Delaware Thomas Worrell were held 
Saturday afternoon a 3 o’clock at the grave in the family cemetery, conducted 
by the Rev. W.J. Work and the Rev. C.P. Cleveland.  Dr. Work read Tennyson’s 
poem, "Crossing the Bar", and at the grave the Rev. C.P. Cleveland read 
"Asleep in Jesus."

   There were many handsome floral tributes and the casket was covered with a 
pall of Easter lilies and red rosebuds.

   Active pallbearers were grandsons of the deceased: Clifford Worrell, K.D. 
Worrell, Livious Worrell, Fred Worrell, Garland Hines, Joseph Debnam and 
Leroy Dail.

   Before leaving the residence of Mrs. J.D. Gardner of Saratoga Street, the 
funeral party paused for brief services at the home, with Scripture reading 
by the Rev. Mr. Cleveland and prayer by the Rev. William James Work.


Delaware Thomas WORRELL, retired farmer, last Confederate veteran in the area, 
b. 23 Jan 1848, Newsoms, d. 3 Apr 1941, at daughter's home, Suffolk, 
interred in the WORRELL family cemetery**, Cross Keys Rd., 5 Apr 1941, 
"The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 19, No. 79, Apr. 4, 1941, p. 1, col. 7; 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, Va)," Apr. 6, 1941 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-41): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt 

*He applied for a Confederate pension 31 Oct 1934.  The application states 
   he served in the 4th & 67th NC Infanttry, Co. D - entering service Oct 1864 
   in Hertford Co. & serving 'til the end of the war. 

His daughter Betty Sue (Mrs. Jesse Daniel) GARDNER is buried in Cedar Hill 
   Cemetery, Suffolk - Block W, Lot 44.  Jesse was a dentist. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 


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