Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Backus, Alice Virginia Parsons May 2, 1933
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark May 3, 1933

Mrs. Alice Virginia Backus, aged 76, died at the residence of her son, B.T. 
Backus, 1019 Brandon Avenue, yesterday morning at 4:54 o'clock after an illness 
of nine months. She was the daughter of the late William Elias and Elizabeth 
Parsons, a native of Princess Anne County and a resident of Norfolk for more 
than 50 years. She was the widow of Benjamin Franklin Backus and is survived by 
four sons, A.C., B.T. and A.G. Backus, all of Norfolk and J.R. Backus of Port 
Chester, N.Y.; four grandchildren, Bruce F. and Miss Doris Virginia Backus, of 
Norfolk and Benjamin F. and Alpheus Peck Backus, of Port Chester; a sister, Mrs. 
Emmett Compton, of Norfolk and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home of E. Lee Cox & Brother, 
631 Westover Avenue, tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Rev. H.P. Myers, 
pastor of Park Place Methodist Church, of which Mrs. Backus was a member, and 
the Rev. P. Rowland Wagner, pastor of Central Baptist Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in the family plot in Elmwood Cemetery.
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BACKUS, ALICE VIRGINIA - At the residence of her son, B. T. Backus, 1019 Brandon 
avenue, Tuesday morning, May 2, 1933, at 4:54 o’clock, MRS. ALICE VIRGINIA 
BACKUS, widow of Benjamin Franklin Backus, aged 76 years.
Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home of E. Lee Cox & Brother, 
531 Westover avenue, THURSDAY AFTERNOON at 3:30 o’clock. Friends of the family 
are invited to attend. Interment, Elmwood Cemetery.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark May 3, 1933

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