Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carr, Otis L., 2000 

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OTIS LINWOOD CARR 

  Otis Linwood Carr, 86, of the 6600 block of Holland Road, died Sept. 18, 
2000, in Southampton Memorial Hospital. 

  Mr. Carr was born in Nansemond County, Va., and was the son of the late 
James Arthur Carr and Martha Bracey Carr.  He retired as a self-employed 
farmer and also retired with the Nansemond-Suffolk Sheriff's Dept. after 
10 years of service.  He was a member of Holland Baptist Church, the Men's 
Bible Class, and the Men's Brotherhood. 

  He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Sarah Hill Carr; sons and 
daughters-in-law, Linwood Craig and Marjorie Bagby Carr of Covington, Va., 
and James Keith and Sue Carol Fisher Carr of Martinsville, Va.; 
grandchildren, Jesse Craig Carr, Mariah Louise Carr, Erin Elizabeth Carr and 
Matthew Woodward Carr; sisters, Virgie Carr Hedgebeth of Richmond and Eunice 
Carr Harrell of Norfolk; niece, Sarah Hedgebeth Wells of Richmond; nephew, 
Frederick Carr Harrell of Mechanicsville, Va.; and a great-niece, Anna Wells 
Skeen of Midlothian, Va. 

  A funeral will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home 
with the Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters officiating.  Interment will be in Holland 
Cemetery.  Friends may join the family Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. at the 
funeral home and other times at the residence. 

  Contributions may be made to Holland Baptist Church, c/o Family Life Center, 
6519 Holland Road, Suffolk, VA 23437. 


Otis Linwood CARR, retired farmer & deputy, 
b. 31 Dec 1913, Nansemond Co., d. 18 Sep 2000, Franklin, 
interred in Holland Municipal Cemetery*, 22 Sep 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sep. 20, 2000, p. B9 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Holland list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt 

His paternal grandparents, James Abby & "Beadie" (CARR) CARR, are buried in 
   Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, near Carrsville. 
   Beaver Dam list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

His widow's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Oct. 29, 2000, p. B11) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/c600s5ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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