Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Woodward, Richard R., 1982 

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RICHARD RAWLES WOODWARD

   Richard Rawles Woodward, 76, of 511 Lexington Ave., died Wednesday night in 
Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Suffolk and the husband of 
Mrs. Mary Adams Woodward and the son of the late Richard L. Woodward and Sue 
Eggleston Woodward. He was a captain in the Marine Corps in World War II and 
retired from Woodward and Elam Insurance Co. in 1965. He was a member of St. 
Paul’s Episcopal Church and a 1926 graduate of Virginia Military Institute. He 
was also a member of Suffolk Elks Lodge, former president of Suffolk Lions Club, 
and a former member of the board of Directors of Fidelity American Bank, Suffolk 
Office. He was a former board member of the American Bank and Trust Co.

   Besides his wife, he survived by one daughter, Mrs. Brian E. Magee of 
Richmond; one son, James Adams Woodward of Lockhaven, Pa.; four grandchildren 
and one nephew.

   His remains will lie in state at his home until 1 p.m. Friday. A graveside 
service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in Cedar Hill Cemetery by the Rev. 
James H. Newsom Jr., with R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home in charge of 
arrangements.

   Donations may be made to the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad or the VMI 
Foundation.


Richard Rawles WOODWARD, retired insurance man, 
Suffolk native, d. 15 Sep 1982, Suffolk, age 76, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block F, Lot 72*), Suffolk, 17 Sep 1982, 
"The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Sep. 16, 1982 

*His parents are buried in Block F, Lot 36. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 


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