Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Backus, Anthony James February 8, 1932
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark February 9, 1932

Anthony James Backus, 79, died at this residence, 629 Boissevain Avenue, 
yesterday morning at 9:55 o'clock. He was the son of the late John Quincy and 
Martha Cooper Backus and was widely known in Norfolk.
For many years Mr. Backus was a Norfolk County truck farmer and was prominent in 
affairs of the county and city. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Holland 
Backus; a daughter, Mrs. E.S. Hutchinson, Jr., of Norfolk; a son, J. Holland 
Backus, of New York; five grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. J.R. Simpson, of 
Virginia Beach and Miss Ella Backus, of Pine Bluff, N.C. He was a member of 
Ghent M.E. Church.
Funeral services will be held at the residence Wednesday at 12 o'clock noon. The 
Rev. J.T. Bosman, D.D., presiding elder of the Norfolk District, assisted by the 
Rev. John W. Rustin, D.D., pastor of Ghent M.E. Church, will conduct the 
services. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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BACKUS, ANTHONY JAMES - At the residence, No. 629 Boissevain avenue, Monday, 
February 8th, 1932, at 9:55 o’clock a.m., ANTHONY JAMES, husband of Sarah 
Holland Backus, and son of the late John Quincy and Martha Cooper Backus, in the 
80th year of his age.
Funeral services at the above residence WEDNESDAY at 12 o’clock noon. Friends of 
the family are invited to attend. Interment, Elmwood Cemetery.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark February 10, 1932

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