Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dernay, James D September 18, 1871
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Virginian-Pilot, September 20, 1871
FUNERAL OF JAMES DERNAY.- Yesterday afternoon the members of the United Fire 
Company assembled at their engine house to pay the last sad tribute of respect 
to the memory of their deceased comrade, James B. Dernay, whose untimely death 
we noticed in our issue of yesterday. The engine was draped in the trappings of 
woe, and a deeper feeling of sadness rested upon the company than we have ever 
before seen evinced. The company fell in at the engine house, preceded by their 
own band of music, and followed by their new hose reel, fitted as a funeral car 
and drawn by the two horses of the company. The procession, under the orders of 
Chief Engineer Robert Rhea, accompanied by Assistant Engineer Jas. F. Milligan, 
proceeded to the residence of the deceased, where the body, enclosed in a 
handsome black walnut coffin covered with wreaths of flowers, was placed upon the
funeral car. To a solemn dirge-like air, the cortege moved up Main and 
Church streets to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, where the pastor Rev. N. A. 
Okeson delivered a short by impressive funeral discourse. The remains were 
again placed upon the carriage, and the procession wended its mournful way to 
the city of the dead, where the mortal remains of the deceased were deposited, 
to rest in peace by the side of his comrades who had gone before.

Additional Comments:
Presumed burial location with Elmwood's United Fire Dept, West Ave-Lot 55. 

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