Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Diggs, Bernard Oliver June 7, 1942 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Woolfitt http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008401 December 25, 2022, 9:41 pm Virginian-Pilot June 11, 1942 Bernard Oliver Diggs — Funeral services for Mr. Diggs, who died Sunday night at a local hospital, were held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, with the Rev. P. C. Blackburn, pastor, officiating. The Rev. F. V. Bambrick, the Rev. Paul V. Heller, and the Rev. R. B. Kealey were present in the sanctuary. At the conclusion of the mass, the Rev. Paul V. Heller spoke on the doctrine of the Catholic faith. Several selections were rendered during the service by the choir of St. Mary’s Academy, with Mrs. Joseph Lex as organist. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery. The pallbearers were George W. Mayo, Herbert J. Gerst, Sol E. Tischler, Marcellus Roberts, G. M. Birsch, E. S. Horner, C. E. Cheshire, W. A. Hogg, Jr. and John M. Durham. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/d/diggs5998nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb