Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dennison, Freeman E., 1986 

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Freeman Dennison 

  Freeman Edward Dennison, 58, of 1064 Nansemond Pkwy., died the morning of 
Sept. 16, 1986 in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital.  A native of Exchange, 
W.Va., he was the son of the late Otha Dennison and Mrs. Lulu [sic*] Carter 
Dennison. 

  He had been a yard conductor for Norfolk & Southern Railroad for the past 35 
years.  He was also an Army veteran of World War II. 

  Survivors include his wife, Lorraine Canody Dennison; two sons, William 
Edward Dennison and Joseph W. Dennison of Suffolk; four sisters, Mrs. Gertrude 
Wilson of Burnsville, W.Va., Mrs. Lelia Cobb and Mrs. Velma Shaver of 
Charleston, W.Va., and Mrs. Gelelah Scheffer of Clarksburg, W.Va.; and one 
brother, Raymond Dennison of Exchange. 

  The funeral will be conducted Thursday at 10 a.m. in Sidney F. Harrell 
Funeral Home by the Rev. Dolan Talbert.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn 
Cemetery.  The family will be at the residence. 

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Freeman E. Dennison 

  SUFFOLK - Freeman Edward Dennison, 58, of 1064 Nansemond Parkway, died 
Tuesday in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. 

  He was born in Copen, W.Va. 

  He had been a yard conductor for Norfolk and Southern Railroad for 35 years. 

  He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the United 
Transportation Workers of America. 

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lorraine Canody Dennison, two sons, William 
E. Dennison and Joseph W. Dennison, both of Suffolk; four sisters, Mrs. 
Gertrude Wilson of Burnsville, W.Va., Mrs. Lelia Cobb and Mrs. Velma Shaver, 
both of Charleston, W.Va., and Mrs. Gelelah Scheffer of Clarksburg, W.Va. 


Freeman Edward DENNISON, retired N&S R.R. yard conductor, 
   Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 12 Nov 1927, Copen, Braxton Co., WV, d. 16 Sep 1986, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 18 Sep 1986, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 64, No. 22, Tues., Sep. 16, 1986, p. 2; 
donated obit, publication unknown, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #168797832, 
   by Terry 

*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 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #168797832. 

D.Cert. 86-031521 also gives his mother as Lulu CARTER. 

His parents, Otha Minter & Loulie Jane (CARTER) DENNISON, are buried the 
   Jacob Shaver Memorial Cemetery, Braxton Co., WV. 


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