Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Chappell, Edgar R., 1954 

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EDGAR RAYE CHAPPELL 

EDGAR CHAPPELL DIES OF INJURIES IN AUTO ACCIDENT 

   Edgar Raye Chappell*, 34 year-old Franklin resident, died early Tuesday 
morning in Raiford Memorial Hospital as the result of injuries sustained in 
an automobile accident which occurred March 27 on Highway 189.

   Mr. Chappell was the son of Josiah Chappell of Belvedere, N.C., and Mrs. 
Minnie Copeland Jamerson of Suffolk.  An employee of Camp Manufacturing 
Company, he had served in the U.S.M.C. during World War II.

   Besides his mother and father, Mr. Chapelle leaves his wife, Mrs. Bernie 
Chappelle, one daughter, Miss Brenda Chappelle, and one son, J.R. Chappelle, 
all of Franklin; one brother, Fentress Chapelle, of Newport News; two sisters, 
Mrs. Bula Maie Oliver of Suffolk, and Mrs. Betty Lois Uzelle, of Jersey City, 
N.J., and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were held today at 2 p.m. in the W.J.M. Holland and Sons 
Funeral Chapel.  The Rev. Harvey L. Carnes, pastor of the Franklin 
Congragational Christian Church, and the Rev. R.E. Brittle of Suffolk 
officiated.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Hertford Bryant, Sam Eubanks, Joyner [sic], C.L. Winstead, 
W.B. Durette  [sic; Durrette] and J.B. Gyoker.

*"Chappelle" in original corrected to Chappell throughout. 

Edgar Raye CHAPPELL, of Franklin, Camp Manufacturing employee, 
Marine Corps veteran of WW-II, 
b. 8 Jan 1920, Belvidere, Perquimans Co., NC, 
injured in crash 27 Mar 1954, Hwy. 189, d. 6 Apr 1954, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Sect. B, Plot 8*), Franklin, 
   8 Apr 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 8, 1954 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. #1154 (Franklin #55). 

His first wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 21, 1942) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s512i1ob.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 17, 1962, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s512c1ob.txt 


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