Southampton-Nansemond County-Williamsburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lane, George J., 1961 

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GEORGE JORDAN LANE

GEORGE LANE FUNERAL HELD SATURDAY

   Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at Poplar Spring 
Cemetery for George Jordan Lane, who was active in Franklin business and 
civic affairs for many years.

   Mr. Lane died about 4 a.m. Friday at the Raiford Memorial Hospital 
following a short illness.  He was 67.

   Rev. Robert E. Davis, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, conducted 
the funeral service.  The family requested that, in lieu of flowers, 
friends donate to any favorite charity or fund.

   An automobile dealer for 27 years, 25 of them in Franklin, Mr. Lane 
joined with the late B.W. Godwin and the late George A. Howerton, Sr., 
to organize the Godwin Motor Co. in Suffolk in 1933.

   Two years later he sold his interest and moved to Franklin to found 
the Virginia-Carolina Motor Co.  He retired early this year.

   He was sales manager of the raw peanut department for Planters Peanut 
Co. prior to entering the automobile business.

   He was the son of the late Levin and Mrs. Elizabeth Jordan Lane of 
Williamsburg.

   Mr. Lane was a past president of the Franklin Rotary Club, active in 
the Franklin Chamber of Commerce, president of the P.D. Camp Hunt Club, 
and a member of the Davis-Ridley Hunt Club.

   A member of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, he was a past senior warden 
and vestryman.

   Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Leigh Lane of their High Street 
home; a brother, James R. Lane of Suffolk; four sisters, Mrs. Ashton 
Dovell and Mrs. Vernon Geddy of Williamsburg; Mrs. Joseph Toth of Virginia 
Beach and Mrs. W. Kenneth Close of Courtland.

   The body was taken to the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home.

   Pallbearers were William P. Wiseman, Douglas Smith, Edward Tuggle, L. 
Winder Lane, James R. Lane, Jr., Vernon M. Geddy, Jr., Kenneth D. Close, 
R. Stuart Baldwin and Capt. Joseph Toth.


George Jordan LANE, retired businessman and civic leader, 
b. Williamsburg, formerly of Suffolk, d. 28 Jul 1961, Franklin, age 67*, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 35B*), Franklin, 
   29 Jul 1961, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 31, 1961, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
    Poplar Spring list gives b. 29 Jul 1894, Williamsburg, 
    so 1 day shy of 67th birthday:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

The obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 17, 1970) for his widow is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l500m1ob.txt 

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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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