Suffolk-Norfolk City-Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, M. Rudolph, 1979 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ M. Rudolph Smith Marion Rudolph Smith, 54, of 922 Carolina Rd., died Saturday. A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Mary Mathias Smith. He was the son of the late Russell and Mrs. Estelle* Ricks Smith. He was a retired printer and a member of Boykins Baptist Church, Travelers Protection Association, Antique Auto Club, and the Model A Club. Other survivors include three nieces. A funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home by Rev. O.R. Hardy. Burial will be in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery and the family will be at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. Marion Rudolph SMITH, retired printer, b. 2 Dec 1925, Berkley, Norfolk Co.*, d. 1 Sep 1979, Suffolk, interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 4 Sep 1979, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 57, No. 211, Mon., Sep. 3, 1979, p. 2 *Additional information: Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #103696951. D.Cert. 79-027201 gives b. Southampton Co. His WW-II draft card gives b. Norfolk. M.Cert. 52-000796 (Suffolk #8) gives b. Berkley, son of Russell F. & Marion S. (RICKS) SMITH. His parents & paternal grandfather are buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins - Annex 2, Plot 16. SCHS Cemetery Project, Beechwood list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/s530r6ob.txt