Southampton-Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Doles, Robert M. Sr., 1958 

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ROBERT MURRAY DOLES, SR. 

   Robert Murray Doles, Sr., 90, died at noon Sunday, January 26, at the 
Williamsburg Hospital after a short illness.

   A native of the Isle of Wight County, he was the husband of the late 
Annie Bell Doles.  He was the oldest living member of Tucker’s Swamp Baptist 
Church.

   He was widely known for his ability to play the fiddle.

   Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bradshaw of Suffolk; two 
sons, Edgar B. Doles of Norfolk and Robert M. Doles, Jr., of Zuni; and two 
grandchildren.

   Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Purviance Funeral 
Chapel in Wakefield, by the Rev. J.W. Horne, pastor of Tucker’s Swamp Baptist 
Church, and the Rev. Jeff Monroe, pastor of the Zuni Presbyterian Church. 
Burial was in the Tucker Swamp church cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were Hoen Edwards, Harold West, Charles Johnson, Elton 
Joyner, Sidney Umphlette, Dick Atkins, J.R. Bowden and Herman Bowden.


Robert Murray DOLES, Sr., of Suffolk, retired farmer, fiddler, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 26 Jan 1958, Williamsburg, age 90, 
interred in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 28 Jan 1958, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 30, 1958, Sect. II, p. 1 

*A fiddle is engraved on his monument. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Tucker Swamp list (TS-17): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt 


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