Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Fitzjones, William H. January 9, 1915
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark January 10, 1915

               PROF. WM. H. FITZJONES, ORGANIST, IS DEAD

Professor William H. Fitzjones, 60 years old, and one of the best known 
organists in this section, died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at one of 
the local hospitals after a brief illness.
He had served with distinction Christ Trinity Church, Portsmouth and St. 
Thomas' Church, Berkley.
He was a native of Oxford England where he was educated in music and had 
been a resident of this country 32 years.  He is survived by one sister, 
Mrs. E. Sarsbrook of Oxford, England.
The body was taken to the funeral apartments of E. Lee Cox and after 
preparation for burial was taken to the St. Thomas P.E. Church rectory for 
the funeral Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock.  Burial will be in Magnolia 
Cemetery.
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The funeral of Professor William H. Fitzjones was conducted in St. Thomas 
Episcopal Church yesterday afternoon and was very largely attended.  Rev. 
W.H. Osborne, rector of the church, conducted the services.  His family was 
represented by Mrs. J.J. Ottley, Miss Sue Parker, Mrs. Urbanna H. Parker, 
Mrs. Lena O. Parker and Mrs. W.H. Osborne.
As a mark of esteem and appreciation his body was interred in the Ottley-
Parker lot in Magnolia Cemetery.
The pallbearers were:
Honorary -- Howard Sheild, Minton W. Talbot, R. Exner of Norfolk and C.H. 
Williams of Berkley. The active A.J. Lancaster, J.S. Whitworth, George T. 
Tilley, R.A. McCoy, N.S. Smith, J.E. Gould, W.W. Robertson and J.J. Ottley. 
The congregation and choir of St. Thomas' Church gave as a fitting floral 
tribute a handsome pall, in addition to which several beautiful and handsome 
floral designs were sent by friends from Norfolk and Berkley.  As a further 
mark of appreciation, both the senior and junior choirs, comprising fifty or 
more voices, participated in the services and marched from the church to the 
cemetery in their vestments to pay a last and fitting tribute to their 
deceased organist, whom they loved devotedly.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark January 12, 1915

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