Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Tilley, Edward Munro December 21, 1917
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark December 22, 1917

                       DEATH CLAIMS EDWARD M. TILLEY

              Was One Of Best Known Citizens Of Norfolk County

Edward M. Tilley, perhaps the best known citizen of Norfolk County, in 
Recontruction days foremost in Norfolk County politics and a prominent figure in 
the affairs of the county practically since the Civil War, died yesterday 
afternoon at 12:40 o'clock, after a lingering illness,  He was in the 83d year 
of his age.
Mr. Tilley is survived by his widow, his second wife, and five children.  They 
are William M. Tilley, Mrs. Alvah H. Martin, George T. Tilley, Mrs. John W. 
Jones and Mrs. Richard E. Tebault, formerly Mrs. Foster Black.  
Mr. Tilley was a native of Bristol, R.I. and was the only survivor of his 
family, all of his brothers having preceded him to the grave several years ago.  
He had been a resident of Norfolk County fifty-two years.  He was engaged in the 
lumber manufacturing business many years, but retired from active life several 
years ago.
Mr. Tilley was a member of the Norfolk County board of supervisors more than 
twenty-five years and also was a member of Washington magisterial district 
school board, on which he served as chairman.
Mr. Tilley was a Republican and was a prominent figure in the reconstruction of 
the county affairs after the war, the county remaining in the Republican column 
under his influence and that which he had set about until less than ten years 
ago.  He was considered among the wealthy men of the county and at the death of 
his first wife he gave $25,000 towards the building of Memorial Methodist 
Church, Berkley, as a memorial to her.
During his life Mr. Tilley was active in many public enterprises.  Among these 
was the Berkley electric light and power plant, which he built and operated 
until it was sold to the Virginia Railway and Power Company about fifteen years 
ago.
During the latter years he traveled a great deal for his health, spending many 
of the summers in Nova Scotia and winters in Florida.
Upon the outbreak of the Civil War he lived in New York and enlisted in the 
Sixteenth regiment, New York volunteer infantry as a private.  Later he was 
promoted to a captaincy on the staff of General Newton.  He located in Norfolk 
in 1865 and later started a lumber business in Berkley.
He was a member of the Liberty Street Methodist Church, South Norfolk, at the 
time of his death.
The funeral services will be conducted at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at his 
residence Chesapeake avenue and Gurrier street and burial will be in the family 
lot in Magnolia Cemetery.
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The funeral of Edward Munro Tilley, who was one of Berkley's pioneer citizens, 
took place from the residence, 30 Chesapeake avenue, South Norfolk, yesterday 
afternoon at 3 o'clock and was very largely attended  There was a magnificent 
array of floral tributes, the casket being covered with a pall of white roses, 
violets and smilax.  The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C.E. Pleasants, 
Rev. T. McN. Simpson, Rev. J.O. Babcock, Rev. S.J. Batten and Rev. W.H. Osborne.  
Miss Ethel Neely sang "The Half Has Never Been Told" and "Lead, Kindly Light."  
The interment was in Magnolia Cemetery, grandsons of Mr. Tilley acting as 
pallbearers.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark December 24, 1917

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