Suffolk City-Nansemond-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Atkins, Myrtie E. Fisher, 1987 

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MYRTIE FISHER ATKINS

   PORTSMOUTH - Myrtie Fisher Atkins, 93, a former teacher, died Mar. 12.

   Mrs. Atkins, a Wakefield native, taught in Nelson County schools.  She was 
a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church, Wakefield.  She was the widow 
of Searle T. Atkins, Sr.

   Survivors include two daughters, Mary A. Dungan of Holiday, Fla., and Irene 
Hines of Portsmouth; two sons, Searle T. Atkins, Jr. of Frederick, Md., and 
Joel J. Atkins of Portsmouth; three sisters, Virginia Darden of Norfolk, 
Louise Swink of Blacksburg, and Helen Johnson of Deltaville; a brother, Arthur 
Presson of Wakefield; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

   A graveside service was held Monday in Western Branch Baptist Church 
Cemetery by the Rev. Joseph D. Lang.  Brenan-Morlino Funeral Home handled the 
arrangements.


Myrtie Estelle (FISHER; Mrs. Searle T. Sr.) ATKINS, former Nelson Co. teacher, 
Wakefield native, d. 12 Mar 1987, age 93, 
interred in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 1, Plot 17*), 
   16 Mar 1987, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 19, 1987, p. 6A 

*Western Branch list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.txt 


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