Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Spivey, R.W. Emerson, 1944 

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RALPH WALDO EMERSON SPIVEY

   Emerson Spivey, 38, husband of Winfred Baggat Spivey of Norfolk, died after 
a lengthy illness last week September 10*, in a Norfolk hospital.

   He was the son of Joseph H. and Sally Bristow Spivey, of Southampton 
County, and a member of the Burdette Baptist Church.  He was employed by the 
Norfolk Naval Base as foreman in the shipping department.

   Surviving besides his wife and parents, are one son, Joe Lee Spivey, 
Norfolk; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Carter, Franklin; and Miss Virginia Spivey, 
Newport News; four brothers, Paul Spivey, Hopewell; Linwood Spivey, New Haven, 
Conn., Pfc. Elton Spivey, Fort Hancock, N.J., and Edward Spivey, U.S.N., 
serving overseas.

   Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, September 12, at 4 
o’clock, at the residence of his farther, by Rev. W.B. Watson of Black Creek 
Baptist Church and Rev. Garrison of Broad Creek Village, Norfolk.  The choir 
sang "Abide With Me." "Have Thine Own Way, Lord," and his favorite song, 
"Farther Along."

   The pallbearers were his brothers, Paul, Linwood, and Elton Spivey, Peter 
Carter, O.L. Joyner, and Roger Tomlin.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, 
Franklin.


Ralph Waldo Emerson SPIVEY, Norfolk Naval Base shipping dept. foreman, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 10 Sep 1944, Norfolk, age 38, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 9A*), Franklin, 
   12 Sep 1944, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 22, 1944, p. 1 

*Cemetery list gives d. 9 Sep 1944. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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