Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Shaw, Percy October 10, 1956
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New Journal and Guide (1916-2003) Oct. 20,1956;  ProQuest Historical Newspapers, Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003)
  Percy Shaw, 67, passed at a government hospital on Oct. 10 where he had been a
patient one year.  He had been in failing health since 1949 when he retired from
the Virginia Railway where he had worked over 40 years.

 A native of Franklinton, NC, Mr. Shaw came to Norfolk before World War I.  He
was a veteran of World War I.  He was chairman of the trustee board of Second
Calvary Baptist Church until his health failed.   He served as chairman over 30
years.

 The funeral was held at Second Calvary Sunday, Oct. 14, at 1 p.m.  Dr. H. W. B.
Walker, pastor, officiated.  The pallbearers were deacons and trustees of the
church.

 Mr. Shaw is survived by his widow, Mrs. Edna Shaw; two sisters, Mrs. Fannie
Tharrington, Franklinton NC, and Mrs. Florence Harris, Chicago; three brothers,
Benjamin and William Shaw, Pittsburgh, and Anderson Shaw, Franklinton NC,and
several nieces and nephews and other relatives.

  Burial was in Calvary Cemetery with Riddick Funeral service in charge of
funeral arrangements.

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