Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Speight, Elizabeth A.V. July 5, 1900
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Virginian Pilot July 6, 1900

The many friends in this city of Mrs. Elizabeth Speight, wife of Rev. J. A. 
Speight, formerly of Berkley, but now of Ahoskie, N.C. will learn with sorrow of 
her death.  She passed away at 11 o'clock yesterday morning at St. Vincent's 
Hospital after a brief illness from pneumonia, where she had only been since 
Saturday.  The deceased was in the 63d year of her age and was a woman of many 
Christian virtues.  In Berkley, where she had lived for over twenty-five years 
she was widely known and highly esteemed.  She was the mother of Dr. J.A. 
Speight, of Norfolk; Mrs. C.T. Peele, of Tarmani, N.C. and Mrs. E.F. Drake, of 
Sunbeam, Va.  Her remains have been removed to the residence of Dr. Speight, No. 
140 Cumberland street.  The burial services will be held at the grave in 
Magnolia Cemetery, Berkley, at 10 o'clock this morning.
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The funeral service over the remains of the late Mrs. J.A. Speight were 
concluded at the grave in Magnolia Cemetery yesterday morning at 10 o'clock 
where she was laid to rest.  Rev. J.J. Taylor, D.D., of Norfolk, conducted the 
services.  The funeral was largely attended by Berkley people, as the deceased 
was well known here.

Virginian Pilot July 7, 1900

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