Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lovell, Walter J., 1943 

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WALTER J. LOVELL 

  Claremont - March 23 - Funeral services for Walter J. Lovell, who died 
Saturday, March 20th, at 3 a.m. were conducted Sunday afternoon at three 
o'clock at the residence.  Rev. Charles E. Stewart of Emporia, officiated. 
Masonic rites were conducted at the grave.  Interment in Claremont Cemetery.

  Mr. Lovell, age 69 years, was born December 19, 1874, in Independence, Iowa 
but had made his home here for the past 50 years.  He was a member of Masonic 
Lodge No. 177, Secretary and Treasurer of the Claremont Water Works, at one 
time a member of the Town School Board, and for 20 years represented the 
Standard Oil Company, of New Jersey, in this locality.  In his early life here 
he was associated with his father in the mercantile business, later owning and 
operating a livery stable.  As a devoted husband and father, with a friendly 
word to old and young alike, he will be greatly missed, and the community 
grieves with the bereaved family.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lora Stone Lovell; one daughter, Mrs. 
Rachel Lovell Harrison, and one grandson, Lovell  Harrison, all of Claremont; 
two sisters, Mrs. F.D. Sharp of Ashland, and Mrs. John Gayer, of Claremont; 
two brothers, F.T. Loveland, of Portsmouth and E.W. Lovell, of Claremont; also 
a number of nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were W.J. Michaux, H.V. Winston, Roland Carter, J.M. Spraque, 
A.K. Thornton and L.L. Mills.

  Those from a distance attending the funeral services of the late Walter J. 
Lovell on Sunday were Mrs. Curtis Lyons of Petersburg; Mrs. Benn Woody, Miss 
Louise Marable, Mrs. Mildred Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Arnold of Richmond; 
F.D. Sharp of Ashland; Mrs. and Mrs. Fred Jordan, Petersburg; Mr. and Mrs. 
Ernest Pitman of Wakefield; Harold Blank, Petersburg, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin 
Rosenkraus, Waynesboro; Mr. and Mrs. Porter Wiedman, Mrs. Ruth Turner, Carl 
Miller, Newport News; F.T. Lovell, Portsmouth; Mrs. Jack Rollins and family 
of near Richmond; Roland Carter, Hampton; Mrs. Carl Dunlop, Sandston; Gordon 
Berryman, C.G. Rowell and Madison Berryman, Surry; Mr. and Mrs. Waverly Burrow 
and daughter Miss Marie of Burrowsville; Miss Daisy Lee Clements, of Savedge; 
Mrs. Charles E. Stewart of Emporia; Mr. Morris of Carsley.


Walter J. LOVELL, Claremont businessman, 
b. 19 Dec 1874, Independence, IA, d. 20 Mar 1943, 
interred in Claremont Cemetery, 21 Mar 1943, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 26, No. 2, Apr. 1, 1943 


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