Southampton-Nansemond-Greensville County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Richards, Marguerite F. Wilroy, 1953 

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MARGUERITE FRANCES WILROY RICHARDS 

 Mrs. Marguerite Wilroy Richards 

  Boykins, Feb. 9 - Mrs. Marguerite Wilroy Richards, wife of Edward W. 
Richards, died today at 8:17 p.m. at the home of her sister, Mrs. W.W. White 
here.  For the last three years she had been a resident of Emporia. 

  Mrs. Richards was the daughter of the late John C. and Mrs. Rebecca Capp 
[sic; Capps] Wilroy, of Nansemond County. She was a member of Christ Episcopal 
Church, Emporia, and the Woman's Auxiliary of the church, and of the Riparian 
Woman's Club, of Emporia. 

  Surviving, besides Mrs. White, are one other sister, Mrs. A.P. Pope, of 
Drewryville; four brothers, J.C. Wilroy, Sr., of Millers Tavern; T.N. Wilroy, 
of Galveston, Tex.; L.H. Wilroy, of Driver, and J.L. Wilroy, of Chester. 

  Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Purviance Funeral 
Home with the Rev. Frank Rose, of Norfolk, officiating.  Burial will be in 
Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. 

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MRS. MARGUERITE W. RICHARDS 

  Mrs. Marguerite Wilroy Richards, wife of Edward W. Richards of Emporia, died 
at the home in Boykins of her sister, Mrs. Wallace White, on Monday night, 
February 9.  For the past three years she had been a resident of Emporia. 

  Mrs. Richards, one-time society editor of The Tidewater News in Franklin, 
was a daughter of the late John C. and Mrs. Rebecca Capp [sic; Capps] Wilroy 
of Nansemond County.  She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, Emporia, 
the Woman's Auxiliary of the church, and the Riparian Woman's Club of Emporia. 

  Survivors, in addition to Mrs. White, are one other sister, Mrs. Amos P. 
Pope of Drewryville; and four brothers, J.C. Wilroy, Sr., of Millers Tavern, 
J.L. Wilroy of Chester, L.H. Wilroy of Driver, and T.N. Wilroy of Galveston, 
Tex. 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Richards were held at 3 o'clock Wednesday 
afternoon at the Purviance Funeral Home, with Rev. Frank Rose of Norfolk 
officiating, assisted by Revs. N.B. Habel and M.W. Anderson of Boykins. 

  Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins.  The active pallbearers were John 
Abernathy, Mike Patus, Dr. Vernon I. Tillar and Tommy Watkins, all of Emporia; 
and H.O. Carlton, Godwin Draper, C.M. Edwards and J.S. Owen of Boykins.  The 
flower bearers were members of the Elnora Callaham circle and the Epworth 
Bible class of the Boykins Methodist Church. 

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MRS. MARGUERITE RICHARDS 

  Word has been received here of the death in Boykins last Monday of Mrs. 
Marguerite Wilroy Richards, a Nansemond County native and the wife of Edward 
W. Richards, former city engineer in Suffolk. 

  Mrs. Richards died at the home of her sister, Mrs. W.W. White.  For the past 
three years she had been a resident of Emporia. 

  Mrs. Richards was the daughter of the late John C. and Mrs. Rebecca Capps 
Wilroy of Nansemond County. 

  She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, Emporia, and the Woman's 
Auxiliary of the church, and of the Riparian Woman's Club, of Emporia. 

  Surviving, besides Mrs. White, are one other sister. Mrs. A.P. Pope, of 
Drewryville; four brothers, J.C. Wilroy, Sr., of Millers Tavern; T.N. Wilroy, 
of Galveston Tex.; L.H. Wilroy, of Driver, and J.L. Wilroy, of Chester. 

  Funeral services were held Wednesday.  Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, 
Boykins. 


Marguerite Frances (WILROY; Mrs. Edward Wilcox) RICHARDS, of Emporia, 
b. 11 Nov 1902, Nansemond Co., d. 9 Feb 1953, Boykins, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 169*), Boykins, 
   10 Feb 1953, 
"Norfolk Virginian-Pilot," Vol. 206, No. 41, Tues., Feb. 10, 1953, p. 22 
   {image 23}; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Fri., Feb. 13, 1953, p. 5; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 31, No. 38, Sun., Feb. 15, 1953, p. 9 

*Additional information: 

Her sister Catherine Marian (WILROY; Mrs. Walter Wallace Jr.) WHITE 
   is buried in Annex 1, Section A, Plot 12. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Betty Smith - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #67931566. 

D.Cert. 5603 (Boykins #3) 

Her sister Grace (WILROY; Mrs. Amos Person) POPE is buried in the 
   Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery, Drewryville. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Drewryville list (D-22): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

Their widowed mother (1869 - 1915) 2m. Robert W. BRINKLEY, but they div. 

Their parents are buried in the WILROY family cemetery, Cullen Ln. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (NV-III-25), 
   an extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol3.txt 


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