Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....James, Lena Marie May 12, 1953
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot Wednesday May 13, 1953  

Lena Marie James, Retired Teacher, Dies at Age 78

Miss Lena Marie James, 78, of Indian River Park, Norfolk County, retired 
teacher who taught 40 years in the elementary schools of Norfolk and the 
County, died yesterday at 2:30 p.m. in a Norfolk hospital after an illness 
of two months. 
A native of Richmond, she came here to live when a child. Her parents were 
Roland Franklin and Mrs. Katie Odend’hal James. She had resided for many 
years with her sister, Mrs. H. C. Paxon, Sr., in Indian River Park.
Miss James started her teaching career at the turn of the century in a one-
room school at Oaklette, Norfolk County. She later taught at the old 
Charlotte Street School, Robert Gatewood School, in Berkley, and finally at 
John Marshall. She had the fifth and sixth grades, and entered retirement 
about 12 years ago.
She was a life member of the National Education Association, a member of the 
Norfolk Woman’s Club, the Norfolk Chapter, Daughters of the American 
Revolution, and the McKendree Methodist Church.
Besides Mrs. Paxon, surviving are one brother, C. W. James, of Norfolk, and 
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Graham Funeral Home, South Norfolk 
at 4 p.m tomorrow. Burial will be private in Cedar Grove Cemetery. The 
family requested that flowers be omitted. 


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