Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Humphries, John Robert June 18, 1922
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Norfolk Ledger Dispatch June 19, 1922

John Robert Humphries, age 64 years, 10 months and one day, died yesterday 
morning at 7:40 o'clock at his residence, 51 Poindexter Street, South Norfolk, 
after an illness of four months. He was born in Currituck County, N.C., and had 
lived in this section for more than 50 years. He was a son of the late T.C. and 
Mrs. Mary Frost Humphries. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie Humphries; 
three sisters, Mrs. Joseph P. Bell and Mrs. George Coxon, of Virginia Beach; 
Mrs. Howard A. Cason, of Portsmouth, one brother, T.F. Humphries of Norfolk. He 
served for a number of years as assistant superintendent of the Norfolk County 
and Portsmouth City ferries under the management of Gill and Thomas and was 
later employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard, until recently when he was elected a 
justice of the peace from South Norfolk.
The funeral will take place from the residence this afternoon at 5 o'clock and 
will be conducted by the Rev. C.E. Green, pastor of the Chesapeake Avenue 
Methodist Church, of which he was a consistent member. The burial will be in 
Magnolia Cemetery.  The following will serve as pallbearers: Messrs. Frank 
Robertson, J.S. Wilson, J.R. Harrell, Henry Wilson, David Allen and Mr. Privett.
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John Robert Humphries - Funeral services for Mr. Humphries, who died Sunday 
morning at his home, 51 Poindexter street, South Norfolk, were held at the 
residence yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, Rev. C.E. Green, pastor of the 
Chesapeake Methodist Church, officiating.  Mr. Humphries was justice of the 
peace of South Norfolk.  The attendance at his funeral was large and the floral 
tributes were beautiful.  Burial was in the family lot in Magnolia Cemetery and 
the pallbearers were Frank Robertson, J.S. Wilson, J.R. Harrell, Henry Wilson, 
David Allen and Mr. Privott.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark June 20, 1922

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