Southampton-Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harrison, Grover T., 1967 

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GROVER THOMAS HARRISON

   Zuni - Grover Thomas Harrison, 74, died Saturday morning in Louisa Obici 
Memorial Hospital, Suffolk.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the son of Asbury and Mrs. Martha 
Holland Harrison and the husband of Mrs. Nellie Johnson Harrison.

   He was a lifelong member of Tucker Swamp Baptist Church and a retired 
farmer.

   Besides his wife he is survived by a brother, Nurney J. Harrison of 
Portsmouth and five sisters, Mrs. Ora Lee, Mrs. Hattie Deans, Mrs. Violet 
Travis, Mrs. Oakley Scott and Mrs. Lee Clara Jones of Norfolk.

   A funeral service will be held Monday at 3:00 p.m. in Purviance Funeral 
Home by the Rev. Grover T. Holder, the Rev. Harry Christie and the Rev. Don 
McNair.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk.

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GROVER THOMAS HARRISON 

   ZUNI - A funeral service for Grover Thomas Harrison was conducted Monday at 
3 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Home by the Rev. Grover T. Holden, the Rev. Harry 
Christie, and the Rev. Don McNair.  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery, 
Suffolk.

   Pallbearers were Hubert Lee Jr., Harvie Jones, Edgar Brown, Robert Parrish, 
Herbert Parrish, Charles Glenn, Edward Johnson and Gene Worrell.

   Harrison, 74, died Saturday morning in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, 
Suffolk.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Asbury and Mrs. Martha 
Holland Harrison and the husband of Mrs. Nellie Johnson Harrison.

   He was a lifelong member of Tucker Swamp Baptist Church and a retired 
farmer.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by a brother, Nurney J. Harrison of 
Portsmouth, and five sisters, Mrs. Ora Lee, Mrs. Hattie Deans, Mrs. Violet 
Travis, Mrs. Oakley Scott, and Mrs. Lee Clara Jones of Norfolk.

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Funeral Home Announcement 

In Memory of 
Grover Thomas Harrison 

Passed Away 
March 9, 1893 
Southampton County 

Born 
August 5, 1967 

Services 
Purviance Funeral Home 
3:00 PM 
August 7, 1967 

Officiating 
Rev Donald McNair 
Rev Grover T Holder 
Rev Harry Christie 
Rev Richard Squire 

Resting Place 
Holly Lawn Cemetery 
Suffolk, Va 

Pallbearers: Hubert Lee, Jr,  
Herbert Parris, Harvie Jones, 
Bobbie Parrish, Leslie Nugent, 
Charles Glenn, Edward Johnson, 
Gene Worrell. 

[birth and death were reversed and actually appeared this way on document (amP)] 


Grover Thomas HARRISON, retired farmer, 
b. 9 Mar 1893, Southampton Co., d. 5 Aug 1967, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery (Block E, Lot 1*), Suffolk, 7 Aug 1967, 
"The Norfolk (VA) Ledger Dispatch," ca. Aug. 6, 1967; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 10, 1967, p. 7; 
Purviance Funeral Home (Wakefield, VA), funeral announcement, Aug. 7, 1967 

*Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #52067609. 

D.Cert. 67-023430 

His parents are buried in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Tucker Swamp list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt 

His widow's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Tidewater News," Mar. 1971) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h625n2ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and Anne Marie Piland, 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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