Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Lucretia Nash Johnson July 21, 1908
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Virginian Pilot July 23, 1908

Mrs. Lucretia Nash Smith, widow of the late Capt. R. Worthy Smith, a native of 
Norfolk, died at the Norfolk Protestant Hospital Tuesday night at 9 o'clock, in 
the 68th year of her age.
Before her marriage Mrs. Smith was a Miss Johnson. She is survived by two 
daughters, Mrs. Howell C. Lewis, of Charlottesville, Va. and Mrs. R.O. Bitler, 
wife of Commander Bitler, of the ordnance department at this navy yard, and one 
son, R. Worthy Smith. She is also survived by a brother, Capt. John T. Johnson 
and a sister, Mrs. A.T. Herbert.
The funeral services will be held privately at the residence of Commander 
Bitler, in the navy yard, and the interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery, 
Norfolk.
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SMITH - At Norfolk Protestant Hospital, Tuesday, July 21, 1908, LUCRETIA NASH 
SMITH, wife of the late Robert Worthington Smith, in the 69th year of her age.
Funeral (private) from residence of Commander R.O. Bitler, Norfolk Navy Yard, 
THIS (Thursday) AFTERNOON at 5:30 o'clock.
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The funeral of Mrs. Lucretia Nash Smith, wife of the late Robert Worthington 
Smith of Norfolk, was held yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at the home of 
her son-in-law, Commander R.O. Bitler, U.S.N., at the navy yard, Rev. A.C. 
Thompson of Trinity Episcopal Church, Portsmouth, officiating. The floral 
tributes were numerous and beautiful. The interment was in Elmwood Cemetery, 
Norfolk, with the following pallbearers:
Honorary - F.E.Wilcox, J. Gray Reid, Nathaniel Beaman, Norman Mell, Walter 
Sharp. James F. Reid. C.F. Spottswood and Colonel George W. Taylor.
Active- T.L. Dornin, W. Lane Kelley Jr., H.C. Hoggard Jr., Samuel Hodges, 
Tazewell Taylor, W. Hunter Bell, E.H. Herbert and W.W. Old Jr.

Virginian Pilot July 24, 1908 

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