Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Fentress, Jeremiah V. November 4, 1914 ************************************************ 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: Dorothy Strawhand https://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 October 29, 2019, 6:27 pm Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark November 6, 1914 BLIND FOR FORTY YEARS, HE SUPPORTS WIFE AND CHILDREN Jeremiah V. Fentress Of Norfolk, Successful Salesman Is Dead Jeremiah V. Fentress, blind for 40 years, but nevertheless the capable support of his wife and four children, died Wednesday night. Mr. Fentress was for 30 years a solicitor for Nottingham & Wrenn and did his work as efficiently during that time has if he had had perfect sight. The chief difficulty he experienced was in getting about the streets and he had a little boy to lead him about, as a sort of sad substitute for lost eye sight. He was a good musician, performing both on the violin and the piano. He also did home tasks without difficulty, working in the garden, digging weeds, planting flowers and seeds. He accomplished the further task, with the help of two other men, of building a house and building a fence around the garden. He was a consistent member of the Grace Baptist Church and was baptized by the Rev. Vernon I'Anson, present pastor of that church, 30 years ago. The funeral will take place today from the residence, 1115 Jamison avenue, at 2 p.m. and will be conducted by Rev. I'Anson. The interment will be in Riverside and the pallbearers will be Charles H. Ferrell, E.S. Ferguson, W.W. Workman, G.G. Elliott, H.J. Williamson, G. Benson Ferebee, J.W. Gale, Dr. J.J. Miller. He is survived by his wife and three sons, C.L., H.V. and L.H. Fentress and a daughter, Miss Margaret E. Fentress, all of this city. Additional Comments: Riverside File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/f/fentress17244gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb