Southampton-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Murray, Ida V. Bell, 1963 

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IDA VIRGINIA BELL MURRAY

   Mrs. Ida Bell Murray, 83, widow of Walter Dennis Murray, died early Friday 
in a Newport News hospital after a brief illness.

   A lifelong resident of Franklin*, she was a daughter of Samuel and Mrs. 
Cornelia Warren Bell.  She was a member of Franklin Baptist Church.

   Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Sadie M. Cogsdale* and Miss Virginia 
Murray of Franklin; two sons, Samuel D. Murray and Walter L. Murray of 
Norfolk; a sister, Mrs. Annie Holloway of Richmond; and three grandchildren.

   A funeral service was conducted Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins of Franklin Baptist Church.

   Pallbearers were Lee Person, H.M. Fowler, Jr., Homer Kimbler and Willie 
Lowe.


Ida Virginia (BELL; Mrs. Walter D.) MURRAY, 
Surry Co. native*, d. 15 Mar 1963, Newport News, age 83, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 23; unmarked**), Franklin, 
   17 Mar 1963, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 10, 1963, Section I, p. 2 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

*Her marriage record - 

Walter Dennis Murray, 24, single, b. Portsmouth, Va., res. Surry Co., 
   sn/o Dennis & Margaret Murray, Farmer 
Ida Virginia Bell, 18, single, b. & res. Surry Co., 
   dt/o Saml.R. & Cornelia Bell 
m. 28 Jan 1897, Surry Co., by W.W. White 
(Surry Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy} 1897 p. 409 {#6}) 

The cemetery list (citing 1900 & 1920 Census) indicates her daughters were 
   born in Surry Co.  Sadie's married name should read COGGSDALE. 
   She is buried in Section 1, Plot 68A. 

Virginia is unmarked, and could be in either plot; 
   she has been added to the list in her sister's plot. 

Virginia's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 29, 1970), 
   which states she was a native of Surry Co., is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m600v1ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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