Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Backus, Virginius Lumsend March 18, 1927
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark March 19, 1927

                    VIRGINIUS L. BACKUS CLAIMED BY DEATH
       Member Of Prominent Norfolk Family Succumbs At Home In Edgewater

Virginius Lumsend Backus, aged 67, one of Norfolk's most widely known residents, 
died yesterday morning at 7:45 o'clock at his home on the waterfront at 
Edgewater. Mr. Backus was a member of a family which has been prominent in 
Norfolk County for many years.
Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 
o'clock. The Rev. J.H. Hobbs, pastor of the Zion M.E. Church and the Rev. Sparks 
W. Melton, D.D., pastor of Freemason Street Baptist Church, will officiate. 
Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Mr. Backus was born in Norfolk County. He was a member of the board of stewards 
of the Zion M.E. Church  and was superintendent of the Sunday School. He was a 
director of the Citizens Bank, and a member of the Odd Fellows.
In addition to his wife, Mrs. Martha Robinson Backus, Mr. Backus is survived by 
one daughter, Mrs. John Upton; two grandchildren, Margaret and John Upton, all 
of Norfolk; one brother, Herbert Backus, of Palm Beach, Fla. and two sisters, 
Mrs. Charles Boudro and Mrs. William J. Vanderberry, of Norfolk.
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BACKUS, VIRGINIUS LUMSEND – At the residence, “Edgewater,” Friday, March 18th, 
1927, at 7:45 o’clock a.m., VIRGINIUS LUMSEND BACKUS, in the 68th year of his 
age.
Funeral services at the above residence SUNDAY AFTERNOON at 3:30 o’clock. 
Friends of the family are invited to attend. Interment, Elmwood Cemetery.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark March 20, 1927

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