Southampton County-Newport News-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Butler, Laura G. Brittle, 1908 

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LAURA G. BRITTLE BUTLER 

MRS. M.W. BUTLER DEAD 

END BRINGS RELIEF AFTER MONTHS OF SUFFERING - FUNERAL SERVICE 

  Mrs. Laura Brittle Butler, wife of Rev. Murdock W. Butler, pastor of the 
East End Christian Church, died yesterday afternoon at 2:40 o'clock at her 
home, 1033 Twenty-third Street, after a lingering illness from a complication 
of diseases.  Death brought relief from six months of suffering.

  Funeral services will be conducted at the East End Christian church this 
afternoon at 1 o'clock by Rev. W.W. Staley, D.D., of Suffolk. The body will 
be taken to Berkley on the 2:30 o'clock boat and at 5 o'clock will be interred 
in the Berkley cemetery.  The pallbearers will be: Messers, J.W. Thompson, 
G.C. Wright, J.H. Finnamore, James Jernigan, J.J. Baker and A.B. Tayler.

  Mrs. Butler was a daughter of Mr. G.G.G. Brittle, of Ivor, Va.  She was born 
at Ivor on August 29, 1864.  On December 21, 1882, she was married to Mr. 
Butler.  She was a devout and sincere Christian, and her death is mourned by a 
large circle of friends here and in other places where she was known.  She is 
survived by her husband and two children, a daughter 15 years old and a son 13.

  The family came here on November 1, 1906, when Mr. Butler became pastor of 
the East End Christian Church.


Laura G. (BRITTLE; Mrs. Murdock W.) BUTLER, 
b. 29 Aug 1864, Ivor, d. 24 Apr 1908, at home, Newport News, 
interred in Berkley Cemetery, 25 Apr 1908, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Sat., Apr. 25, 1908, p. 3 

Additional information: 

Her husband 2m. widow Olivia C. (COCKES ADAMS) McKENZIE, 19 Oct 1909, in 
   Surry Co. 

He is buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. 
   Southampton County Historical Society (SCHS) Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list (S-15): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

His obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 24, 1947, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b346m10o.txt 

Her parents are buried in a BRITTLE family cemetery, on Ivor Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (MV-I-51): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

Find a Grave lists a Jewish Berkley Cemetery (a.k.a. Mikro Kodesh), now 
   in Chesapeake.


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