Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....White, Joseph Wesley October 8, 1943
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Norfolk Journal and Guide, Oct 16,1943
Norfolk - Joseph Wesley White, 35, 767 Fremont street, a teacher in the 
public school system on the Eastern Shore of Virginia for a number of years 
and a church organist, died at Norfolk Community Hospital Friday, at 7:30 
p.m. seven hours after having been removed to that institution stricken with 
an acute heart attack.

His funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at Queen Street Baptist Church, where 
he had held life-long membership, with the pastor, the Rev. R. A. Laws, 
officiating.

The young man was well remembered in this city as having been, as a school 
lad, one of the pioneer carrier-agents of the Journal and Guide. With this 
newspaper he built up a warm association and left an unimpeachable 
reputation.

Mr. White, who was unmarried, was a native of this city, the son of Lewis 
and Mrs. Martha White with whom he made his home. His father is a former 
Norfolk Western Railroad pier brakeman, having retired in 1935 after 51 
years service with the company. 

The attack which proved fatal to the teacher was one of a number of heart 
strokes he had suffered recently. He was built of an extraordinarily large 
physique, with an estimated weight of approximately 400 pounds at his time 
of death.

A graduate of Booker T. Washington High School, class of 1929, the young man 
had furthered his education at St. Paul’s Polytechnic Institute (the former 
St. Paul’s Normal and Industrial Institute) and Virginia State College.

The deceased possessed a high degree of musical talent, and was frequently 
sought after to serve as a church organist. In addition to teaching in the 
Eastern Shore counties of Northampton, Accomac and Buckingham, he served 
church choirs in that section and in his home city as well. Possessed of a 
fine disposition and high character, he moved easily in church and civic 
circles.

At his funeral condolences were read from the teachers association of the 
Eastern Shore counties, and the African Baptist Church at Cheriton, along 
with numerous others.

The survivors include his parents, five sisters, Miss Eva White, Norfolk; 
Mrs. Jeanette Joynes, Cape Charles; Mrs. Mary Harris, Norfolk; Mrs. Helen 
Diggs, Suffolk; Miss Bessie White, Norfolk, and one brother, Walter White, 
of Portsmouth. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery.

Funeral arrangements were in charge of B. F. King, undertaker. Out of town 
persons attending the funeral services included the Rev. M. T. Boone of 
Maxwell, VA; Mrs. Virginia Henry and Mrs. Macon Cicero of Cheriton, Va; Mrs. 
Ida Jackson, Newport, RI; and J. Joyner of Whitesville VA.

Additional Comments:
Calvary Cemetery

(cemetery listing shows what could be Section 19 or 15 but no other burial 
info provided)

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