Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....James, Robert R., 1944 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ROBERT RYLAND JAMES SMITHFIELD - Robert Ryland James, 85, died Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Oscar Edwards. Mr. James was a lifelong resident of Surry County. Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Wilma J. Edwards, of Smithfield; three sons, W.E. James, of Dendron; George R. James, of Richmond, and T.C. James, of Newport News; four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a half brothers, J.R. James. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Moore’s Swamp Baptist Church. Robert Ryland JAMES, retired farmer, b. 25 May 1859, Surry Co., d. 11 May 1944, at daughter's home, Smithfield, interred in Moore’s Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery, 12 May 1944, "Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," May 12, 1944, p. 17 Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 11712 (Hardy #11) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/i526m1ob.txt His wife's obit ("Smithfield Times," Jan. 13, 1938, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/j520c2ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/j520r12o.txt