Surry-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lane, Fenton S., 1929 

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FENTON SMITH LANE 

FENTON S. LANE DIES AT HOME TUESDAY NIGHT 

  DENDRON, VA. - Mar. 27 - Mr. Fenton Smith Lane, aged 58 years, one of the 
most widely known business men of Surry County died at 10 o'clock last night 
at his home at Moorings from pneumonia.  Mr. Lane had been in ill health for 
slightly over three years, having in the winter of 1926 suffered a slight 
stroke of paralysis.  From this he seemingly recovered and his health greatly 
improved until about a year ago, when he was taken quite ill again and was 
confined to his room practically all the time.  Pneumonia developed a few days 
ago and the end came at ten o'clock last night.

  Mr. Lane was for a number of years agent for the Surry, Sussex and 
Southampton Railroad at Moorings and also postmaster at this place until 1920. 
He also for 33 years conducted a large mercantile business at Moorings.  He 
also for a number of years was a large peanut buyer and was considered one of 
the best business men of Surry, County.

  On November 28, 1903, Mr. Lane was happily married to Miss Susie Stallings, 
of Isle of Wight County, by whom he is survived.  He is also survived by one 
daughter, Miss Carey Estelle Lane; three nephews, Messrs. J. Winston Fuqua, 
of Surry, James Smith and Ernest T. Lane, of near Elberon; three nieces, Miss 
Virginia Fuqua, of Surry, Mrs. J.L. White of Elberon and Mrs. Jack Whitmore, 
of Dinwiddie County.  He is also survived by one brother, Mr. Willie Figg 
Lane, of Elberon, and one sister, Mrs. J.W. Fuqua, of Surry.  The deceased was 
a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Smith Lane, of Surry. County.

  Mr. Lane has been a member of the M.E. Church, South, for over 44 years and 
at the time of his death was a faithful member of the Surry Methodist Church.

  The funeral services were held on Thursday morning at 11 o'clock by the Rev. 
A.W. Linthieum, pastor of the Surry Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. C.H. 
Williams, of Boykins.  Interment was in Ivy Hill Cemetery, at Smithfield.

  The choirs from the Surry and Elberon churches led by Mr. Perry Gwaltney 
West, sang, "Sometime We'll Understand," "Sleep on Beloved," and "Abide With 
Me."

  Active pallbearers were J. Winston Fuqua, J. Smith Lane, Ernest T. Lane, 
Raney Stallings, Albert Seward, J. White, Jackie Gwaltney, and J.H. Lane, Jr.; 
honorary, W.E. Seward, A.S. and W.E. James, T.W. Tynes, J.H. Bell, A.W. 
Faison, J.E. Rogers, W.H. Purwell, Eddie Lee hart, G.L. Savedge, H.C. Seward, 
E.R. Seward, Ashton L. Seward, C.H. Seward, W.F. Bennett, W. Fitz Lane, J. 
Howard Holleman, J.H. Lane, Sr., B.H. Barham, Jr., Gordon C. Berryman, Oscar 
Eley, W.L. Avery, C.J. Green, Dr. W.W. Seward, P.C. Cox, J.B. Tynes, J.W. 
Holleman, A.R. Morris, F.O. Lane, H.L. Spartley, N.H. Savedge, Willie Cox, 
J.W. Lane and J. Hayden James.


Fenton Smith LANE, former Postmaster & S.S.&S. R.R. agent & peanut buyer, 
Surry Co. native, d. 26 Mar 1929, at home, Mooring, age 58, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 28 Mar 1929, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 8, No. 41, Mar. 28, 1929 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #48: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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