Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Wilkins, Eugene, 1985 

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EUGENE WILKINS 

  SUFFOLK - Eugene Wilkins, 86, of 1529 Wilkins Drive, died Saturday in Louise 
Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk. 

  Born in Nansemond County, he retired from Planters' Peanut Co.  He was a 
member of First Baptist Church, Main Street, Suffolk, and the Woodmen of the 
World. 

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Annie Lanier Britt Wilkins; a daughter, 
Mrs. Doris Wilkins Barnes of Danville; two sons, Fred Earl Wilkins of Suffolk 
and Eugene Wesley Wilkins of Delane, Fla.; two stepsons, Robert Lanier Britt 
of Hartfield, Conn., and Warren Hunter Britt of Roanoke; two sisters, Mrs. 
Maggie W. Bouce of Suffolk and Mrs. Ruth W. Hayes of Baltimore; six 
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Hill-Underwood Funeral 
Home, Suffolk, by the Rev. Charels W. Thompson and the Rev. Mark Youndt. 

  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. 

  The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 8:30 tonight in the funeral 
home. 

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    EUGENE WILKINS

  Eugene Wilkins, 86, of Wilkins Drive died Saturday in Louise Obici Memorial 
Hospital.  He was a native of Nansemond County and the husband of Anne Lanier 
Britt Wilkins. 

  He was a member of First Baptist Church, Main Street, and Woodmen of the 
World. He was a retired employee of Planters Peanut Co. 

  Other survivors include a daughter, Doris W. Barnes of Danville; four sons, 
Fred Earl Wilkins of Suffolk, Eugene Wesley Wilkins of DeLand, Fla., Robert 
Louis Britt of Hartford, Conn., and Warren Hunter Britt of Roanoke; two 
sisters, Maggie Williams Boyce of Suffolk and Ruth Wilkins Hayes of Baltimore; 
six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. 

  The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Hill-Underwood Funeral 
Home by the Rev.s Charles W. Thompson and Mark Youndt.  Burial will be in 
Cedar Hill Cemetery.  The family will be at the funeral home from 7:30 to 8:30 
p.m. today. 


Eugene WILKINS, retired from Planters' Peanut, 
b. 7 May 1898, Nansemond Co., d. 17 Feb 1985, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block O, Lot 10*), Suffolk, 18 Feb 1985, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Mon., Feb. 18, 1985, p. 31, 
   clippings posted with Find a Grave Memorial #134484916, by GenGirl; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 63, No. 42, Mon., Feb. 18, 1985, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #134484916. 

D.Cert. 85-005017 

He is buried with his first wife Mary Sue (JOYNER) WILKINS (1909 - 1960). 

His widow is buried with her second husband in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Holly Lawn list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

His parents, Henry and Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" (GRIGGS) WILKINS, 
   are buried in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. 
   Cypress Chapel list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 

His father's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Jan. 3 & 6, 1947) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w425h1ob.txt 


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