Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brewer, Thelma E. Holland, 1993 

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Thelma Brewer 

  Mrs. Thelma H. Russo Brewer, 78, died Dec. 9, 1993.  A native of Suffolk, 
she was the widow of Anthony J. Russo Sr. and George T. Brewer, and daughter 
of the late Jobie G. Holland and Vera West Holland. 

  In 1983, Mrs. Brewer had retired from Planters Peanuts after more than 40 
years as a receptionist.  She was a member of St. Mary's of the Presentation 
Catholic Church where she participated in many church activities. 

  Survivors include a son, Anthony J. Russo Jr. of Santa Monica, Calif.; a 
stepdaughter, Georgianna B. Runnels, a stepson, Thomas Brewer, and a brother, 
Emmett E. Holland, all of Suffolk; four step-grandchildren; and two step-great-
grandchildren. 

  A Mass of the Resurrection will celebrated Monday at 10 a.m. by the Rev. 
Father Thomas B. Nee in St. Mary's of the Presentation Catholic Church. 
Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

  The family will receive visitors following a Christian wake service, which 
takes place Sunday at 5 p.m. in R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home. 

  The family requests that memorial donations may be made to the Nansemond-
Suffolk Volunteer Rescue Squad, 428 Market St., Suffolk, Va. 23434. 


Thelma Elizabeth (HOLLAND RUSSO; Mrs. George T.) BREWER, 
   retired Planters receptionist, 
b. 17 Aug 1915, Suffolk, d. 9 Dec 1993, Norfolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 13 Dec 1993, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Fri., Dec. 10, 1993, p. 2 

An obit also appeared in the "Virginian-Pilot," Dec. 10, 1993. 

*Additional information: 

Buried with her first husband (1911 - 1967). 
   Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Ken Campbell - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #132535796. 

Her second husband (1911 - 1967) is buried there with his first wife. 

D.Cert. 93-046772 

Her father (1885 - 1961) was an Army veteran of WW-I.  He is buried in 
   Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block F, Lot 149. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 

Her mother (1894 - 1964) 2m. John Warwick DANIEL in 1946.  She is buried in 
   Stonewall Memorial Gardens, Prince William Co. 


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