Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Backers, Linwood December 13, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Diane Renfrow dianel14@gmail.com July 18, 2015, 11:51 am Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Friday, December 16, 2005 NORFOLK - Linwood "Lannie" Backers, 83, of the 2400 block of E. Virginia Beach Blvd., passed away Dec. 13, 2005, at Chesapeake General Hospital. Linwood was born June 6, 1922, to the late Carrie and Henry Backers in Norfolk. He was educated in the Norfolk Public School System and was a member of Guiding Light Apostolic Church of Christ, Portsmouth. He retired from E.V. Williams & Co. as a truck driver after 25 years of service. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Neolus Backers; one stepson, Eugene Hodges; two sisters, Elsie Miller and Ida Mae Alston, all of Norfolk; and a host of other relatives and friends. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Metropolitan Funeral Service, 7246 Granby St., with Bishop Alfred P. Bolden officiating. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery , Norfolk. Family and friends will assemble at 2412 E. Virginia Beach Blvd. one hour prior to the service for the procession to the chapel. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.metropolitanfuneralservice.com. Additional Comments: Calvary Cemetery BACKERS, LINWOOD 370 Section 21-A, Block 21-A, Space 88 83 M 12/17/2005 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/b/backers8837gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb