Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Salyer, Fred Hope November 18, 1946
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Virginian-Pilot, Nov. 19, 1946

Fred H. Salyer Found Dead by Gas in Kitchin - The body of Fred H. Salyer, 49, 
was found lying on the floor of the kitchen of his home, 1116 Brambleton 
Avenue, yesterday about 3 a.m., death having resulted from gas asphyxiation 
attributed to suicide. Salyer, an employee of the Granby theater, was last seen 
alive about 11 p.m., his wife, Mrs. Lena Davis Salyer, told police. She said 
she awakened about 2:50 a.m. and smelled gas. Running out of the house, she 
called police. Sergt. C. M. Holschumaker was the first to arrive, and when he 
entered the kitchen he found Salyer stretched out on a blanket on the kitchen 
floor with four stove jets and the oven of the gas stove turned on. He was a 
charter member of the international Alliance Theater Employees. A native of 
Norfolk; he is survived by his wife, his mother, Mrs. Grace Hitchings Salyer; a 
brother, W. L. Salyer, and a niece, all of Norfolk. Funeral services will be 
conducted at the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home Wednesday at 4 p.m. The body will 
be sent to Washington, D. C. for cremation. 

Virginian-Pilot, Nov. 20, 1946

Fred Hope Salyer - Funeral services for Mr. Salyer will be conducted at the 
Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home today at 4 p.m. by the Rev. W. J. Meade, D. D., 
pastor of the Norview Baptist Church. The body will be sent to Washington D. C. 
for cremation.

Virginian-Pilot, Nov. 20, 1946

SALYER, FRED HOPE - At the residence, 1116 E. Brambleton Avenue, Monday 
morning, November 18, 1946, at 3 o'clock FRED HOPE SALYER, husband of Lena 
Davis Salyer and son of Mrs. Grace Hitchings and the late Willoughby J. Salyer, 
in the 50th year of his age. Funeral services will be conducted at the Hollomon-
Brown Funeral Home WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, November 20, 1946 at 4 o'clock. Friends 
of the family invited to attend. The body will be sent to Washington D. C. for 
cremation. 



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