Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Briggs, Nina B. White, 1980 

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Joseph H. Briggs 

  Joseph Henry Briggs, 74, died Saturday night in his home at 914 Wilroy Road. 

  A native of Gates County, N.C., he was the husband of Mrs. Nina White Briggs 
and a son of Martin and Mrs. Lenora Briggs. 

  He was a retired electrician of Norfolk Naval Shipyard.  He was a member of 
Suffolk Christian Church and the Men's Baraca Class. 

  Besides his widow, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Leslie Frank Nelms Jr., 
two sons, Haywood W. Briggs and Herbert L. Briggs, all of Suffolk; and five 
grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral 
Home by Rev. Donald Dunlap.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery.  The 
family will be at the home of Mrs. Nelms at 219 Bedford Place. 


Joseph Henry BRIGGS, of Suffolk, retired Norfolk Naval Shipyard electrician, 
b. 22 Jul 1899, Gates Co., NC, d. 28 Jul 1973, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 31 Jul 1973, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 51, No. 181, Mon., July 30, 1973, p. 8, 
   text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #249393218 

*Additional information: 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

Find a Grave Memorial #249393218 [no photo] gives Section 4, Block Q, Lot 6. 

D.Cert. 73-023043 gives son of Martin & Lenora (BRIGGS) BRIGGS. 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Aug. 28, 1980, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b620n3ob.txt 


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