Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rountree, John Harrison February 16, 1943 ************************************************ 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 February 19, 2014, 1:22 pm Virginian Pilot Wednesday February 17, 1943 John Harrison Rountree, son of the late Alfred F. and Carolyn Riddick Rountree, a native of Hobbsville, N.C., and a resident of Norfolk for the last 40 years, died at his residence, 526 Massachusetts Avenue yesterday afternoon at 2:50 o’clock after an extended illness. He was 68 years old. Mr. Rountree was associated with the produce commission business for 30 years. For the last 10 years, he was employed by Bisese & Console, Inc. He took a keen interest in church, civic and community activities. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Edward H. Church; two brother, Linwood M. Rountree, of Corapeake, N.C. and William J. Rountree, of Hobbsville, and a number of nieces and nephews. Mr. Rountree was a member of Park Place Baptist Church and of Corinthian Lodge, No. 266, A. F. & A. M. He was also a member of the Travelers Protective Association. Funeral services will be conducted at the Ewell & Williamson Funeral Home, Thirty-Fifth Street, at Colonial Avenue, tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Interment will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Additional Comments: Cedar Grove File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/r/rountree4814gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb