Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, John Paul December 31, 1913 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand https://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 September 25, 2019, 5:19 pm Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark April 1, 1914 The funeral service over the body of John Paul Thomas, drowned in the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River December 31, were conducted in the funeral apartments of E. Lee Cox yesterday morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. W.R. Flannagan, pastor of the Berkley Avenue Baptist Church, and was largely attended. The floral designs were numerous and pretty, principal among them being a design from his playmates. Burial was in Magnolia Cemetery and the pallbearers were Sanford Benton, Frank Cowan, Hermon Benton, George Bell, Bascom Sykes, Edward Howell, Hugh Palmer and Howard Divers. ***************************************************** Story of the accident in the Jan 1, 1914 issue of the Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark. Additional Comments: Magnolia File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/t/thomas16880gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb