Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dear, Samuel Stuart  June 24, 1945
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The Norfolk Virginian Pilot June 26, 1945 


Capt. S.S. Dear, Former Official of Pilots, Dead

Capt. Samuel Stuart Dear, 70, former Vice President of the Virginia Pilot 
Association, died Sunday at 8 o’clock in Richmond.
Captain Dear was a son of the late Capt. Edward F. Dear, who was owner of the 
famous sloop named “Sally.” This vessel made frequent trips from Norfolk to 
points in Mobjack Bay and Chesapeake Bay. She was one of the largest and 
fastest boats of her type ever know in local waters.
He withdrew from the pilot association shortly after World War I and went into 
the real estate business. He later became connected with the North American 
Assurance Society and was with that organization at the time of his death.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ida Lee Dear; two sisters, Mrs. Julia Dear Miller 
and Miss Mary E. Dear, of Norfolk; and a brother, Charles W. Dear, of New York, 
His mother was the later Mary Stuart Dear.
Services will be held this afternoon at the grave in Cedar Grove Cemetery. The 
officiating minister will be the Rev. W.C. Gum, superintendent of the Norfolk 
Methodist District.


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