Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lassiter, Eva Rountree, 1980 

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Mrs. Eva R. Lassiter 

  Mrs. Eva Roundtree [sic; Rountree] Lassiter, 73, a Nansemond County native, 
died Friday.  She was a resident of 3350 Elm Ave., Portsmouth. 

  She was the wife of Burton Lassiter. 

  She was a member of Reynoldson Baptist Church, Gates County, N.C. 

  Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth L. Wolff and Mrs. B.J. 
Aston, Sr. of Chesapeake; four sons, Jesse B. Lassiter and Linwood Lassiter 
of Suffolk; George E. Lassiter of Portsmouth, and William A. Lassiter of 
Carrsville; two half sisters, Mrs. Bessie Gilliam of Suffolk and Mrs. Estelle 
Pierce of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., a brother Wallace Roundtree of Roanoke Rapids; 
20 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home by 
the Rev. William E. Hawkins.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Franklin 
[sic; Suffolk].  The family will be at the home of Jesse B. Lassiter of 121 
Morgan St., Suffolk, on Tuesday. 

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EVA ROUNTREE LASSITER

   Portsmouth - A funeral services for Mrs. Eva Roundtree [sic] Lassiter, 73, 
was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home, Suffolk, by the 
Rev. William E. Hawkins.  Burial was in Southampton Memorial Park Cemetery 
[sic], Franklin. 

   She died Friday at 11:45 a.m. in a Portsmouth hospital. 

   She was a native of Nansemond County and the wife of Burton Lassiter.  She 
was a member of Reynoldson Baptist Church, Gates County, N.C. 

   Other survivors include two daughters. Mrs. Kenneth L. Wolff and Mrs. B.J. 
Aston Sr. of Chesapeake; four sons, Jesse B. Lassiter and Linwood Lassiter of 
Suffolk, George E. Lassiter of Portsmouth, and William A. Lassiter of 
Carrsville, two half sisters, Mrs. Bessie Gilliam of Suffolk and Mrs. Estelle 
Pierce of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., a brother, Wallace Roundtree of Roanoke 
Rapids, 20 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. 


Eva (ROUNTREE; Mrs. "Burt" Burton) LASSITER, 
b. 9 Nov 1907, Nansemond Co., d. 25 Jan 1980, Portsmouth, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 29 Jan 1980, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 58, No. 23, Sun., Jan. 27, 1980, p. 2 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 31, 1980, p. 5 

*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 #242197625 [no photo] 

D.Cert. 80-002543 also spells her maiden name Roundtree. 

Her parents, "Frank" Franklin Alexander & Queen Victoria (FANNY) ROUNTREE, 
   are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block D, Lot 114. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 


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