Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Corley, James Lawrence March 28, 1883
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Norfolk Virginian March 30, 1883
The remains of the late Colonel J. H. Corley were brought to this city on 
yesterday morning from Hampton by the steamer Luray, Captain Schermerhorn.
They were landed at the Bay Line wharf, and taken to the late residence of the 
deceased, No. 186 Freemason street, by the following gentlemen acting as 
pallbearers: Messrs. W. T. Walke, B. A. Marsden, Arthur Humphreys, T. B. 
Rowland, A. F. Santos, W. W. Old and C. Pickett.
At 12 M., the mayor, as the deceased was a member of the Common Council, ordered 
the flag on the City Hall to be put at half-mast and the city offices to be 
closed from 4 to 6 P.M., during the progress of the funeral ceremonies.
At 5 P.M., the funeral services over the deceased were conducted at his late 
residence, by the Rev. Beverly D. Tucker, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 
there being a large attendance of sympathizing friends. The remains were then 
interred in Elmwood Cemetery, the following gentlemen acting as pallbearers: 
W. W. Old, W. T. Walke, C. Pickett, T. B. Rowland, Jno. B. Whitehead, Andrew
Heath.
The Common and Select Councils attended the funeral in a body, and a detachment 
of twenty-eight officers, under Assistant Chief of Police Mann, escorted the 
remains to the cemetery.


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