Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Baird, James W., 2000 

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JAMES WESLEY BAIRD 

  James Wesley Baird, 82, died at his home on Monday, October 23, 2000.  A 
lifelong resident of Surry County, he was born February 25, 1918 to the late 
Marion Sims Baird Sr. and Nannie Baugh Baird.  His love for his community and 
church kept him active as a member of Surry United Methodist Church, 
Blackwater Sportsman’s Club, American Legion Post #160, a past member of Surry 
Ruritan Club, a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II and a past member 
of the advisory Committee for Riverside Regional Convalescent Center of 
Newport News.  He was a sheet metal foreman at Newport News Shipbuilding and 
Drydock, where he worked for 37 years before his retirement.  He will also be 
remembered for his love for sports, especially baseball, having served as 
coach for the Claremont Little League in the 1960s.

  Mr. Baird is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Marjorie Addison 
Baird; one daughter, June B. Edwards and her husband, J.E. (Jerry) Edwards Jr. 
of Midlothian; brothers, Marion S. Baird Jr. of Newport News and Horace H. 
Baird of Hopewell; and two grandson, James Wesley Edwards III and Jeffrey 
William Edwards.  He was predeceased by his sister, Mary Florence Baird. 
Funeral services will he held on Thursday, October 26, 2000, at 2 p.m. at 
Surry United Methodist Church, Surry, with the Rev. Samuel Askew, the Rev. 
Ray Rowland and Jerry Edwards officiating.  Burial will be in Oakwood 
Cemetery, Surry.

  The family will receive friends at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, on 
Wednesday evening from 7 until 8:30 p.m. and at other times at the home. 
Memorial donations may be made to Surry United Methodist Church, Surry, Va., 
23883 or Crater Community Hospice, 840 W. Roslyn Rd., Ste. E, Colonial 
Heights, Va. 23834.


James Wesley BAIRD, retired NNS&DD sheet metal foreman, 
Army Air Corps veteran of WW-II, 
b. 25 Feb 1918, Surry Co., d. 23 Oct 2000, at home, Surry, 
interred in Oakwood Cemetery*, Surry, 26 Oct 2000, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

Additional information: 

*Find a Grave Mem. #86026365 

His parents are buried in Claremont Cemetery. 

His widow's (donated, 2018) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b630m15o.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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