Surry-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hancock, Edna E. Nelms, 1986 

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EDNA FRANCES NELMS HANCOCK 

MRS. EDNA N. HANCOCK 

  WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Edna Nelms Hancock, 74, of Route 1, died Thursday in Louise 
Obici Hospital in Suffolk. 

  She was formerly employed by Planters Division Standard Brands, Suffolk, for 
several years and was a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church. 

  Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ella F. Kinton of Petersburg, and Mrs. 
Rebecca D. Venier of Toledo, Ohio; a son, Joseph P. Hancock of Wakefield; two 
sisters, Miss Ruby A. Nelms and Mrs. Wilma N. Holland, both of Suffolk; four 
brothers, Fred L. Nelms, P.Christopher Nelms, David W. Nelms, and Ray H. 
Nelms, all of Suffolk; nine grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Rocky Hock United 
Methodist Church in Surry County, by the Rev.E. Lee Chattin.  Burial will be 
in the church cemetery. 

  The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight at Purviance Funeral 
Home in Wakefield. 


Edna Emma (NELMS; Mrs. Joseph Christopher) HANCOCK, 
   former Planters employee, 
b. 10 Apr 1912, Nansemond Co., d. 18 Dec 1986, Suffolk, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 20*), Surry Co., 
   20 Dec 1986, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Dec. 19, 1986, p. 12 

*Rocky Hock list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137094601. 

Her husband's obit ("Progress-Index," Mar. 3, 1968, p. 27) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/h522j6ob.txt 

Her parents, Phenious David & Emma Rebecca (PRUDEN) NELMS, 
   are buried in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Holly Lawn list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

Her first husband, Joseph Obie DUKE (1909 - 1973), 
   is buried in Holland Municipal Cemetery. 
   Holland list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/h522e2ob.txt