Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Tatem, Richard Sparrow August 18, 1900
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Virginian Pilot August 19, 1900

                               A CITIZEN DEAD
           
            Mr. Richard Tatem Expires While at Work in Navy Yard

Mr. Richard Sparrow Tatem, a former well-known resident of this town, died 
suddenly in the navy yard yesterday about 12 o'clock aged 41 years.  Mr. 
Tatem was a son of the late Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Jane Tatem and was born and 
reared in this county, where he has a large number of relatives.  The 
funeral will be conducted from the Main Street Christian Church this 
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock by Rev. M.P. Porter, assisted by Rev. Robert 
Gatewood.
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                         SUDDEN DEATH AT NAVY YARD
Richard Tatem, a machinist employed in the construction and repair 
department at the navy yard, died at 11:55 o'clock yesterday morning of 
heart disease.  Tatem collapsed while working a lathe shortly after 11 
o'clock and was carried to the dispensary in an unconscious state.  Dr. 
Bell, of the Vixen, assisted by Pharmacist McClarty, of the yard dispensary, 
endeavored to restore the sick man, but without avail, and in about three-
quarters of an hour Tatem died. 
The body was removed during the afternoon to No. 635 Clifford street.  Tatem 
was about 45 years of age and leaves a family.
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The funeral of Mr. Richard S. Tatem, whose death was noted in Sunday's issue 
of this paper, was conducted from the Main Street Christian Church Sunday 
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.  Revs. M.P. Porter, the pastor, and Robert 
Gatewood, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, officiated. Several 
beautiful selections were sung by the choir.
Numerous handsome floral designs covered the casket of the deceased.  The 
most beautiful of these was one from the deceased's fellow workmen in the 
navy yard, on which was inscribed the word, "Workmate." No resident of 
Berkley was more thought of or respected than Mr. Tatem, and by his death 
the community loses one of its best citizens.  The funeral was attended by a 
large number of friends, many of whom escorted the remains to Magnolia 
Cemetery, where they were peacefully laid to rest in mother earth.  
Following were the pallbearers: Messrs, A.J. Massey, Frank McCoy, Charles 
Vellines, Charles Rudd, Thomas Gurney and Mr. Kenney, the latter of 
Portsmouth.

Virginian Pilot August 21, 1900

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