Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Claud, Joseph G. Jr., 1949 

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JOSEPH GILLETTE CLAUD, JR. 

   Joseph Gillette Claud, Jr., 53, a native of Drewryville, died at his home, 
512 Westover Avenue, Norfolk, on Sunday morning, February 6, at 5:30 o'clock.

   He was the son of Joseph G. and the late Laura Copes Claud, and for the 
past 30 years had been a resident of Norfolk, where he was employed by the 
mercantile establishment of Ames & Brownley.

   Mr. Claud was a member of the Freemason Street Baptist Church, Corinthian 
Lodge No. 266 of the A.F. and A.M., the John Walters Royal Arch Chapter No. 
68, the Grice Commandery No. 16 of the Knights Templar, Khedive Temple of 
A.O.N.M.S., and Norfolk Lodge No. 38 of the B.P.O.E.

   Surviving in addition to his father are two sons, J. Gillette Claud, 3rd, 
and Waring W. Claud of Norfolk; two brothers, Dr. H.L. Claud of Washington, 
D.C., and W.C. Claud of Drewryville; and three sisters, Mrs. George A. Powell 
of Boykins, Mrs. C.J. Connelly of Hopewell, and Mrs. R.E. Ball of Raleigh, N.C.

   Funeral services for Mr. Claud were conducted at the Hollomon-Brown Funeral 
Home in Norfolk at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning by Dr. Sparks W. Melton, pastor 
of the Freemason Street Baptist Church.  Interment was in the cemetery at 
Drewryville at 2 p.m. the services being conducted by Dr. Melton, assisted by 
Rev. H.B. Jennings, pastor of the Drewryville Baptist Church.  The choir sang 
a favorite hymn of the deceased, "Lead Kindly Light."  Corinthian Lodge No. 
266, A.F. and A.M., attended in a body and presented the full Masonic ritual 
of commitment.

   The pallbearers were E.Q. Murfee, Edward M. Trice and John T. Claud of 
Drewryville, and Norman Adams, H.H. Williams, A.J. Odell, J.J. Barnes and 
Joseph Hodges of Norfolk.


Joseph Gillette CLAUD, Jr., with mercantile establishment of Ames & Brownley, 
Drewryville native, d. 6 Feb 1949, at home, Norfolk, age 53, 
interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 
   8 Feb 1949, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 11, 1949, p. 16 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Drewryville list (D-2): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

His father died less than three months later.  His obit ("Tidewater News," 
   Apr. 29, 1949, p. 13) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c430g1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 4, 1935, p. 1), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c430l2ob.txt 


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