Southampton-Nansemond-Washington County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sheffield, Dr. A. Thomas, 1936 

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Dr. Sheffield Will Be Buried Tomorrow 

  Funeral services for Dr. A.T. Sheffield, of Glade Springs, who formerly 
practiced medicine in Suffolk, will be conducted at the graveside in Franklin 
tomorrow at 11 a.m.  Dr. Sheffield, who was 51, died at Glade Springs 
yesterday. 

  Surviving Dr. Sheffield are his widow, Mrs. Stella Smith Sheffield, of 
Suffolk; and three daughters, Mrs. Walter N. Smith, of Hopewell, and Misses 
Nell and Virginia Sheffield of Suffolk. 

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DR. ALFRED THOMAS SHEFFIELD

   Dr. A. Thomas Sheffield, former Franklin man, the only son of the late 
J.T. and Mrs. Eliza Cobb Sheffield of this town, died at Glade Springs, Va., 
April 5, in his 51st year.  He attended the Franklin Military Academy and 
after graduation from the Medical College of Virginia, Dr. Sheffield practiced 
for a number of years in Holland and Suffolk, and had been recently living in 
Southwest Virginia.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Stella Smith Sheffield of Suffolk; three 
daughters, Mrs. Walter N. Smith of Hopewell and Misses Nelle and Virginia 
Sheffield of Suffolk; by one sister, Mrs. Seth Robertson of Fayetteville, 
N.C., and a large family connection here.

   The body was brought to Franklin for burial which took place in the family 
plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock, with services 
conducted at the grave by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson.  Pallbearers were: H.G. 
Cobb, Alfred Cobb, P.R. Camp, J.F. Bryant, Jr., Dr. J.C. Rawls, Roger I. 
Beale, Jesse Weede and J.J. Bradshaw.


Dr. Alfred Thomas SHEFFIELD, former Nansemond Co. physician, 
b. 13 Oct 1883, Franklin, shot self 5 Apr 1936, Glade Springs, Washington Co., 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 69B; unmarked*), Franklin, 
   7 Apr 1936, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 14, No. 14, Apr. 7, 1936, p. 8, col. 3; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 10, 1936, p. 5 

*Unmarked; added to father's plot. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

D.Cert. 11854 (Glade Spring #13) gives shot through brain with .32 pistol. 

His sister Virginia L. m. 06-15-1912 Seth W. ROBERTSON, of Nansemond Co. 
   Southampton Co. MB14:569; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb14pt.txt 


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

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