Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lee, James William June 23, 1888 ************************************************ 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: Suzy Ward Fleming wardflemin@aol.com October 16, 2015, 7:02 pm The Reidsville Times Reidsville, North Carolina Friday, July 6, 1888 James W. Lee, a prominent citizen and cotton merchant of Norfolk, committed s suicide by shooting himself through the head with a pistol while sitting on a c chair in his office. No one was present at the time the act was done. His body w was found lying on the floor by clerks passing through the office. No cause is a assigned. He leaves a wife and several children, and was about forty years of a age. Additional Comments: Elmwood File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/l/lee9789gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb