Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harcum, Erma L. Collins, 1987 

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Erma Harcum 

  Erma Leigh Collins Harcum, 68, of 1000 Longstreet Lane, died July 27, 1987 
in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital.  A native of Nansemond County, she was the 
daughter of the late Elliott Edward and Annie Melissa Collins. 

  She was a member of Holy Neck Christian Church, its Women's Fellowship 
Class, the Ladies Bible Class, and the Friendly Fellowship. 

  Survivors include her husband, George Ellis Harcum; two sons, George Edward 
Harcum and Jesse Lee Harcum of Suffolk; two sisters, Mildred C. Jackson and 
Mrs. Annie C. Holland of Suffolk; and five grandchildren. 

  The funeral will be conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. in R.W. Baker and Co. 
Funeral Home by the Revs. E. Cecil Smith, Charles W. Thompson and Dan Bowers. 
Burial will be in Holland Cemetery.  The family will be at her home.  Memorial 
donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.  R.W. Baker and Co. 
Funeral Home is handling arrangements. 

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ERMA LEIGH COLLINS HARCUM

   SUFFOLK - Erma Leigh Collins Harcum, 68, of the 1000 block of Longstreet 
Lane, a homemaker, died June 27, in a hospital.

   Mrs. Harcum, a native of Nansemond County, was a member of Holy Neck 
Christian Church.

   Survivors include George Ellis Harcum; two sons, George Edward Harcum and 
Jesse Lee Harcum of Suffolk; two sisters, Mildred C. Jackson and Annie C. 
Holland, both of Suffolk; and five grandchildren.

   The funeral was conducted Wednesday at R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home by 
the Revs. E. Cecil Smith, Charles W. Thompson and Dan Bowers.  Burial was in 
the Holland Cemetery.

   Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.


Erma Leigh (COLLINS; Mrs. George E.) HARCUM, of Suffolk, homemaker, 
b. 31 Oct 1918, Nansemond Co., d. 27 Jul 1987, Suffolk, 
interred in Holland Cemetery*, 29 Jul 1987, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 65, No. 179, Tues., July 28, 1987, p. 2; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., July 30, 1987, p. 9A 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Stephen Carr Thompson, Jr. - 
   is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #135292852. 

D.Cert. 87-026078 

Her parents & paternal grandparents are buried in a COLLINS family cemetery 
   on Collins Rd. Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (NV-III-7), 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol3.txt 


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