Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Fentress, Mary Roach July 15, 1957 ************************************************ 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 http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 November 19, 2025, 10:06 pm Virginian Pilot Tuesday July 16, 1957 Mrs. Mary Roach Fentress, 86, 1019 Larchmont Cres., died at 4 p.m. today(?) in a Washington hospital. She was a native of Norfolk County and had resided in Norfolk for the past 60 years. She was the daughter of the late Josephus and Mrs. Ellen Smith Roach and the widow of the late John Fentress. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Ferratt of Arlington, Miss Lillian M. Fentress of Norfolk and six grandchildren. The body will be forwarded to the Sykes Funeral Home, Berkley. Funeral arrangements are pending. ******************************************************************* NORFOLK - Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Roach Fentress, who died Sunday, will be conducted at the Sykes Funeral Home at 11 a.m. today. The Rev. C. Ambrose Turner Jr., pastor of Larchmont Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Virginian-Pilot July 19, 1957 ************************************************************************ Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Roach Fentress, who died Sunday, were conducted yesterday at 11 a.m. at the Sykes Funeral Home by the Rev. C. Ambrose Turner Jr. of Larchmont Methodist Church. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were Paul Wright, Harold A. Wright, Roy Nichols, Robert Gardner, Gordon Haynie, Bernard Capps and Capt. I.N. Fentress. Virginian Pilot Saturday July 20, 1957 Additional Comments: Sunday was July 14 - July 15 on tombstone File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/f/fentress19346gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb