Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Briggs, Mary E. Wicks November 12, 1916
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark November 14, 1916

BRIGGS - At the residence of her nephew, H.L. Wicks, 113 Berkley Avenue, 
Berkley, Norfolk, Va., Monday morning, November 12, 1916, at 5 o'clock, MRS. 
MARY E. BRIGGS, widow of A.R. Briggs, in the 81st year of her age.
The funeral will be conducted at the above residence WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, at 2 
o'clock.  Friends of the family respectfully invited to attend.  The interment 
(private) in Magnolia Cemetery.
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Mrs. Mary E. Briggs, in her 81st year, died yesterday morning at 5 o'clock at 
the residence of her nephew, H.L. Wicks, 113 Berkley Avenue, after an illness of 
three weeks.  Mrs. Briggs was a native of New York state and was the widow of 
A.R. Briggs of Brooklyn. She had been a resident of Berkley sixteen years, 
having made her home with her nephew, and was highly esteemed.  She is survived 
by the following nieces and nephews:  Mrs. Lycurgus Berkley and Mrs. G.D. 
Williams, Messrs. H.L. and C.E. Wicks.  Mrs. Briggs was a member of Memorial 
M.E. Church.  The funeral will be conducted at the residence this afternoon at 2 
o'clock, by Rev. W.T. Green, presiding elder of the Portsmouth district, 
assisted by Rev. E.T. Dadmun, pastor of Memorial M.E. Church.  Burial will be in 
Magnolia Cemetery.
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The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Briggs was conducted at the home of her nephew, H.L. 
Wicks, 113 Berkley Avenue, yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. W.T. Green, 
a former pastor of Memorial Methodist Church, but now presiding elder of the 
Portsmouth district, assisted by Rev. E.T. Dadmun, the present pastor of 
Memorial Church, and burial was in the family lot in Magnolia Cemetery.  the 
floral tributes were numerous and beautiful and the attendance was large.
The pallbearers were selected from her nephews as follows: G. Herman Williams, 
Irving and Raymond Wicks, Wallace E. Gibbs, C.J. Sweetman, Jr., and Theodore A. 
Guillaudeu, Jr.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark November 15, 1916

Additional Comments:
DOD Nov 12 on tombstone - Nov 13 on death certificate

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