Southampton-Nansemond County-Virginia Beach City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Arthur, Bessie B. Lawless, 1974 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ELIZABETH "BESSIE" BARKER LAWLESS ARTHUR VIRGINIA BEACH - A funeral service for Mrs. Bessie Lawless Arthur, 89, was held Tuesday March 12, in H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments by Rev. Dr. R. Orman Bryant. Burial was in Nimmo United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Arthur of 214 71st St., the widow of Dr. William Hardy Arthur, died Sunday in a Norfolk hospital. A native of St. Joseph, Mo., she was a member of Franklin Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Harold B. Kellam of Virginia Beach and Mrs. Mary A. Larsh of Franklin. "Bessie" Elizabeth Barker (LAWLESS; Mrs. William H.) ARTHUR, b. 13 Feb 1885, St. Joseph, MO, d. 10 Mar 1974, Norfolk, interred in Nimmo United Methodist Church Cemetery, Virginia Beach, 12 Mar 1974, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 14, 1974, p. 2B Birthdate from D.Cert. 74-008519. Her husband, Dr. William H. ARTHUR, is bu. in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. His obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 2, 1935) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/a636w1ob.txt His D.Cert. (1935-1418-2650) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/a636w1dc.txt Mrs. LARSH taught elementary school in Franklin. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/a636b1ob.txt