Surry County-Hampton City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Seward, Jack E., 1958 

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JACK EUGENE SEWARD 

Jack E. Seward, 
Drowned in Surry; 
Buried Sept. 27 

  Jack Eugene Seward, 22, who was drowned Thursday, September 24th, in the 
Blackwater river in Surry County after he fell from a boat while fishing, 
was buried Saturday, September 25th. [sic]  Funeral services were conducted 
at 3:30 P.M. in Moore's Swamp Church Cemetery by the Rev. F.B. Fitzgerald, 
pastor.

  Seward apparently fell overboard about 7 A.M. Thursday morning.  A companion 
said he did not come to the surface at all.  His body was recovered about 10 
A.M. Thursday.

  He was a native of Hampton, but was living in Surry at the time of his death 
and a member of Moore's Swamp Baptist Church.

  He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Garland Seward Sr. of Hampton; 
two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Seward Faison of Dendron and Mrs. Betty Seward 
Holdsworth of Smithfield, and a brother, E. Garland Seward Jr. of Hampton. 


Jack Eugene SEWARD, of Surry Co., service station attendant, 
Hampton native, drowned 24 Sep 1958, Blackwater R., age 22, 
interred in Moore's Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery, 26 Sep 1958, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Oct. 2, 1958, p. 1, col. 7 


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