Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cornwell, Lester E., 1961 

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LESTER EDWARD CORNWELL

   SEDLEY - Lester Edward Cornwell, 56, died here Wednesday morning.

   He was the son of the late Alexander and Mrs. Cora Lee Bailey Cornwell 
of Southampton County.  He was a lifelong resident of Southampton County 
and a member of Barretts Christian Church and St. Paul’s Masonic Lodge 481 
of Philadelphia.

   He served in the Navy in World War II.

   Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ercelle William Cornwell; a brother, 
Ashley Cornwell of Norfolk; and a sister, Mrs. Lydia Pond of Richmond.

   A funeral service was held in his home Friday at 2:30 p.m. by Rev. 
Joseph L. McTeer, pastor of Millfield Baptist Church; and the Rev. C.E. 
Gerringer of Sedley.  Burial was in Rollings family cemetery.


Lester Edward CORNWELL, WW-II Navy veteran, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., d. 11 Oct 1961, age 56, 
interred in the ROLLINGS family cemetery*, 13 Oct 1961, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 16, 1961, p. 4 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-58): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

His brother Gurley Smith CORNWELL's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 20, 1956), 
   which gives "Leslie" instead of Lester, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c654g1ob.txt 

Gurley (Sr.) is buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Rosemont list (S-17): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 


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