Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wood, Laderna Norman May 29, 1900
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Virginian Pilot May 30, 1900  

As the result of a quarrel Mr. Wood was shot at the corner of Berkley Avenue and 
Liberty Streets, in front of the Berkley post office.

Complete story in Virginian Pilot May 30, 1900 Page 11

Wood was a machinist, and was employed in the ordnance department of the Norfolk 
Navy Yard and had lived in Berkley for over twenty-five years. He leaves a wife, 
three daughters, Mrs. S.B. Upton, of Elizabeth City, N.C., Mrs. William Guard, 
of Berkley, a little small girl about 12 years of age and one son, Bernard, 
about twenty-five years old, who is employed in the government service in 
Washington, D.C. Bernard is at present in Berkley on a visit to his parents. 
Wood lives at the corner of Lee and Middleton Streets. His reputation was that 
of a quiet, inoffensive and good citizen.
The remains were taken in charge after the post-mortem examination by Undertaker 
E.L. Cox, to be prepared for burial.

Excerpt from Virginian Pilot May 30, 1900
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The funeral of the late Mr. L.N. Wood, whose untimely death was told in 
yesterday's issue of the Virginian Pilot, will be held at 10:30 o'clock this 
morning from the Main Street Christian Church, of which the deceased had been a 
member for a number of years. The services will be conducted by the pastor, Rev. 
M.P. Porter, and will be attended by Chesapeake Tribe, No. 50, I.O.R.M. The 
remains will be interred in Magnolia Cemetery.  See call of Red Men.

Virginia Pilot May 31, 1900

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