Southampton-Isle of Wight County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Crocker, Nell J. Branch, 2000 

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NELL JEANETTE BRANCH CROCKER 

  Nell Jeanette Branch Crocker, 59, a resident of Zuni for the past 31 years, 
died Dec. 26, 2000, at her home on Windsor Boulevard.  Born in Newport News 
on Aug. 26, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Richard Harold Branch and 
Helen Irene Horton Branch.  She had worked for the Department of Agriculture 
as a peanut grader for more than 30 years.  She was a devoted member of Tucker 
Swamp Baptist Church and a former member of the church choir.  Nell was a 
loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister.  She was a natural caregiver and 
loved and mothered everyone.  She enjoyed sewing, cooking, singing and doing 
puzzles.

  She is survived by her husband of nearly 40 years, William Harvey Crocker; 
two sons, Richard Allen Crocker and his wife, Amy, of Windsor, and William 
Gregory Crocker and his wife, Debra, of Zuni; two daughters, Natalie Crocker 
Branch and her husband, Eddie, and Tammy Crocker Joyce and her husband, James, 
all of Wakefield; two sisters, Judy B. Powell and her husband, Robert, and 
Linda Sue Bowden and her husband, Rufus, all of Zuni; and eight loving 
grandchildren, Kristina Crocker, Joshua Branch, Dana Crocker, Jamie Joyce, 
Jacob Branch, Daniel Crocker, Thomas Crocker and Joseph Branch.

  A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church, Zuni, 
by the Rev. Steve Bradshaw.  Burial will be in the church cemetery.  The 
family will receive friends at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, from 7 to 9 
p.m. today and at other times at the residence.  Donations to assist the 
family with medical and final expenses should be directed to the Tucker Swamp 
Baptist Church Benevolence Committee, Attn. Carolyn Bryant, 37527 Seacock 
Chapel Road, Zuni, Va. 23898.


Nell Jeanette (BRANCH; Mrs. William H.) CROCKER, USDA peanut grader, 
b. 26 Aug 1941, Newport News, d. 26 Dec 2000, at home, Zuni, 
interred in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 28 Dec 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Dec. 27, 2000, p. B9 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Tucker Swamp list (TS-16): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt 

Her father is buried in Ivor Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Ivor list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt 

Her mother is buried in Magnolia Park Cemetery, Warner Robins, Houston Co., GA.


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