Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Starke, Stuart McGuire, 1973 

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STUART McGUIRE STARKE

  CAPRON - A funeral service for Stuart McGuire Starke, 56, of Capron was held 
Wednesday at 3 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Rev. 
David S. Willis Jr. and the Rev. Dale Diggs.

  Burial was in Capron Cemetery.

  Starke died Monday morning in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

  A native of Southampton* County, he was the son of Joseph Thomas and Mrs. 
Betty Mae Avent Starke and the husband of Mrs. Ruth Johnson Starke.

  He had resided in Capron for 28 years and was employed by the J.T. Barham Co.

  He was a member of Capron Methodist Church, Capron Volunteer Fire Department 
and Army veteran of World War II.

  Besides his wife surviving are three sons, Stanley McGurie Starke, James 
Stuart Starke, and Wesley Johnson Starke, all of Capron; and seven brothers, 
Randolph B. Starke of Capron, Robert E. Starke of Waverly, Joseph T. Starke 
Jr. of Sedley, Clyde R. Starke of Richmond, Norman E. Starke of Jarratt, 
Garland T. Starke of Burrowsville and T. Earl Starke of Hopewell.


Stuart McGuire STARKE, of Capron, J.T. Barham Co. meat div. employee, 
Army veteran of WW-II, 
Southampton Co. native*, d. 14 May 1973, Franklin, age 56, 
interred in Capron Cemetery**, 16 May 1973, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 17, 1973, C-6 

**His mother is buried there also. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-38): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," May 26, 1950, p. 14), 
   with some research notes appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/s362b1ob.txt 

His father is buried with his first wife, "Susie" Susan V. (FLOWERS) STARKE, 
   in Antioch Baptist Church cemetery, Yale, Sussex Co.  A photo of their 
   monument is posted with his Find a Grave Memorial, #95590700. 

*His family has not been found in the 1920 Census, but in 1930 they appear in 
   Henry Dist., Sussex Co.- as in 1910. 

His Marriage Certificate (1940 Va. #20962; Southampton Co. Clerk's #160) gives 
   birthplace Southampton Co. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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