Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Coley, Sterling S., 1928 

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Death of Sterling Coley 

  Sterling Coley, who died at his home near Courtland, Friday, June 22 [sic*], 
after a long illness, was buried in the cemetery here Sunday afternoon at 3 
o'clock. The burial service was read by Rev. R.D. Stephenson of the Franklin 
Baptist Church.  His widow and several children survive.  The pallbearers 
were: B.L. Edwards, Sheriff T.B. Bell, Jim Blythe, J.D. Kitchen, George 
Kitchen, P.E. Knight and J. Smith. 


Sterling S. COLEY, farmer, 
b. 26 Jul 1863, Warren Co., NC, d. 21* Jun 1928, at home, near Courtland, 
interred in the SEBRELL-SIMMONS Cemetery*, Sebrell, 24* Jun 1928, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 23, No. 38, Fri., June 29, 1928, p. 7 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (MV-IV-14): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Budjr - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #57051849; it also shows d. 22 Jun 1928. 

D.Cert. 29534 (Jerusalem #53) gives d. 21 Jun 1928, buried 21 Jun 1928, 
   Sebrell; however, on the reverse is a note by undertaker W.J.M. HOLLAND, 
   Jr., stating, "No Doctor - Man was dead two or three days - when we got 
   the job."  It gives his father as Belford COLEY; the informant was his 
   widow. 

Other records give son of Belfield & Mary A.E. (IVEY) COLEY, 
   who m. 2 Mar 1856, in Halifax Co., NC. 

His widow Mamie (LASSITER) COLEY (1884 - 1958) is buried in Ahoskie Cemetery, 
   Ahoskie, Hertford Co., NC.  They m. 1 Jul 1911 in Gates Co., NC.  

Their son Luther (1915 - 1961) is also buried in Ahoskie Cemetery. 
   his first M.Cert. 1940-13518 (Suffolk #88) gives his father as 
   Luther Sterling. 

His birthplace comes from the B.Cert. of their daughter Rena. 
   (1913-20388 {Jerusalem #76}) 
   The Ancestry.com transcript was annotated by Patricia Harp, from "S." to 
   "Sterling Luther." 

His family appears in the 1870 Census in Etrusia, Halifax Co., NC. 

He 1m. Eunicey. 

He 2m. Victoria (BRASWELL) HILL, 14 Dec 1890 in Edgecombe Co., NC. 


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