Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....McKown, Sarah Elizabeth Cuthrell February 28, 1973
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Virginian-Pilot March 1, 1973
CHESAPEAKE - The charred, body of a 61-year-old woman was discovered in the 
bedroom of her Laurel Avenue home by her visiting sister Wednesday afternoon.
She apparently was the victim of a fire started in her bed by a cigarette, 
police investigators said.
The victim was Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth McKown, of the 1100 block of Laurel Avenue, 
in the Indian River section.
Patrolman Melvin Anderson said the body was discovered in a back bedroom of the 
single-story, shingled house about 1:30 p.m. by Mrs. Annie Maude Matthias of 
Westminister Avenue, Norfolk, sister of the victim. Mrs. Matthias told Anderson 
that she was making one of her periodic visits to her sister.
Police said Mrs. McKown lived alone and had not been seen by neighbors for 
several days.
Investigators said Mrs. McKown’s death may have occurred as long as 14 hours 
before her body was discovered by Mrs. Matthias.
Damage from the fire was limited to the bed and the immediate area around it, 
perplexing investigating police and firemen.
One fire official theorized that the fire had burned itself out in that limited 
area after consuming most of the oxygen in the sealed home. All of the windows 
and doors in the house were closed at the time the woman’s body was discovered, 
police reported.
A native of Berkley, she lived in this area all of her life. She was a daughter, 
of Jessie and Mrs. Ethel Mae Batten Cuthrell. She was a Catholic. 
Surviving are a son, Livius M. McKown Jr., of Chesapeake; sisters, Mrs. Ethel 
Lupton of Virginia Beach and Mrs. Annie Maude Matthias of Norfolk; two brothers, 
Jessie Cuthrell and John Cuthrell of Chesapeake;  and a brother, Ralph Edward 
Cuthrell of New York. The body will be taken from Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, 
Indian River Road, to St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery for a funeral service Friday 
at 11 a.m.



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