Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Warrington, Catherine M. Capps, 1939 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Mrs. Kate Warrington Dies at Driver; Rites Saturday At 3:30 p. m. The funeral of Mrs. Kate Warrington, 78, will be held at the R.W. Baker funeral home tomorrow afternoon at 3:30, with the Rev. F.O. Clark, of Driver, in charge. Mrs. Warrington died last night of a heart attack at six o'clock at her home in Driver. Mrs. Warrington was a member of a prominent Nansemond County family, and belonged to the Beech Grove Methodist Church. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Winfrey F. Wilkerson [sic; Wilkinson]; two sons, F.M. and C.E. Warrington, and two grandchildren, Dan and Marion Wilkerson, all of Driver. ****************************************************************************** Mother of Local Woman Dies at Drivers' Home Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Catherine M. Warrington, 76, at her home at Drivers [sic; Driver], Nansemond county. Mrs. Warrington was the widow of S.F. Warrington, prominent farmer of that section, and the mother of Mrs. D.W. Wilkinson, 1113 Hampton avenue, Newport News, where she had often visited. In addition to Mrs. Wilkinson she is survived by two sons, Frank M. Warrington and Clifford E. Warrington, both of Drivers, and two grandchildren, D.W. Wilkinson Jr., and Marion Wilkinson, of this city. Funeral services will be held at the home at Drivers this afternoon at 2:30. "Kate" Catherine Marion (CAPPS; Mrs. Severn Fountain) WARRINGTON, b. 8 Sep 1863, Nansemond Co., d. 26 Oct 1939, at home, Driver, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 17*), Suffolk, 28 Oct 1939, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 17, No. 185, Fri., Oct. 27, 1939, p. 1; donated obit, publication unknown [likely "Daily Press," Oct. 28, 1939], posted with by Find a Grave Memorial #95138391, by Cathy Clark *Additional information: Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #95138391, which gives buried in Section J. D.Cert. 22807 (Sleepy Hole #19) Her father Henry Clay CAPPS was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. F, 3rd VA Infantry. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w652c1ob.txt