Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bacchus, Richard S. September 5, 1909
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Ledger-Dispatch September 6, 1909
Richard Smith Backus died yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock at his home on Lawrence 
avenue, Lambert’s Point, after an illness of a year, in the 60th year of his age. 
He was a native here and had resided in this section all of his life, being highly 
esteemed by a large circle of friends. He is survived by his wife, a son, R. E. 
Backus, a daughter, Mrs. F. D. Lambert, four brothers, J. W., B. F., V. L. and H. 
T. Backus, and three sisters, Mrs. W. J. Vanderberry, Mrs. Henry Wilder and Mrs. 
Charles Boudroe. The funeral occurs at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning from the Zion 
Methodist Church, Lambert’s Point, of which he was a member, the pastor, Rev. J. 
W. S. Robins, and Rev. George W. Cox, of the Burrows Memorial Baptist Church, 
officiating. Interment in Elmwood Cemetery.

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