Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dey, Walter Russell April 12, 1891
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Norfolk Virginian April 14, 1891

     The Sad Death of Mr. W. Russell Dey - His Funeral Services Yesterday

At 4 o'clock Sunday morning, W. Russell Dey, a prominent young man and esteemed 
citizen, passed away after an illness of about a week. He had been sick of 
typhoid fever, which developed into peritonitis, and his death came with a great 
shock to his family. He was but little past his majority and leaves a young 
wife, to whom he had been married only about eight months. He was the son of Mr. 
James B. Dey and was a clerk in Burruss' Bank. He was a member of the Norfolk 
Light Artillery Blues, being a non-commissioned officer. The flag of that 
company was at half-mast in respect to his memory, while George W. Dey & Son's 
office and Burruss' Bank were draped.
Funeral services over his remains took place at 5 p.m. from his residence in the 
presence of an immense assemblage of sorrowing friends and the Blues, the City 
Guards and the Lee Rifles, who marched to the scene, down Main and Granby, while 
the Fourth Regiment band played the funeral march.
The obsequies were conducted by Rev. A.S. Lloyd, of St. Luke's P.E. Church, 
assisted by Rev. M.B. Wharton, D.D., of the Freemason Street Baptist Church and 
the interment took place in Cedar Grove Cemetery. By request of the deceased the 
Blues turned out in white coats, the former uniform of the company. The 
pallbearers consisted of four of the associates of the deceased from Burruss' 
Bank, two members of the Blues and one each from the Guards and Rifles. The 
Blues fired a salute over the grave.

Norfolk Virginian Tuesday April 14, 1891  Extracted from article about several 
deaths.

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