Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, Clifford Maupin March 16, 1891
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Norfolk Virginian March 17, 1891

Clifford Maupin Thomas died at the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. J.P. 
Kevill, No. 124 Freemason Street, yesterday at 12:20 o'clock, aged 20 years and 
10 months, of pneumonia. He had been ill about a week with what at first assumed 
the form  of la grippe. The deceased was a son of the late H.F. Thomas. He was a 
member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the Norfolk City Guards. His character 
was unblemished and his popularity great.
Company B, Fourth Regiment, Virginia Volunteers, Norfolk City Guard, has been 
called to assemble Wednesday to pay tribute to the deceased.
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                     An Imposing Cortege, Civic and Military

The body of the late lamented Clifford Maupin Thomas was interred in Cedar Grove 
Cemetery yesterday after impressive services at the residence of the deceased's 
brother-in-law, John P. Kevill, No. 124 Freemason Street, conducted by Rev. 
Father W. Gaston Payne, in the presence of a throng of friends and relatives, 
among them being in full uniform, the Lee Rifles, Artillery Blues and Norfolk 
City Guard, of which he was a member.
The cortege, following the remains to the cemetery, was headed by the military 
in command of Major Harry Hodges. The bier was artistically covered with floral 
emblems. The pallbearers were:
City Guards - John Soelzer, Chas. A. Davis.
Lee Rifles - Jas. J. Johnson.
Norfolk Blues - C.L. Foster.
Friends of the Deceased - G. Wilson Lee, Charles Carroll, Wade Vaughn, Charles 
Consolvo, Harry J. Laughllin, Willie Hope.

Norfolk Virginian March 19, 1891

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Cedar Grove

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