Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Seward, Martha A. Seward, 1960 

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Mrs. Seward, 79, Of Surry, Dead 

  SURRY - Mrs. Martha Anna Seward, 71, died Monday evening in a 
Charlottesville hospital after a year's illness. 

  A lifelong resident of Surry County, she was the daughter of John 
and Lucy Piland Seward and the widow of Edward Robinson Seward, and 
a member of Moore's Swamp Baptist Church. 

  Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. J.F. Johnson of Ivor; two sons, 
R. Merrill and E. Wilson Seward of Elberon, and six grandchildren. 

  The body was taken to Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield. 


Martha Anna (SEWARD; Mrs. Edward R.) SEWARD, 
b. 18 Aug 1881, Surry Co., d. 10 Oct 1960, Charlottesville, 
interred in Moore's Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 12 Oct 1960, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 38, No. 241, Tues., Oct. 11, 1960, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #102389997. 

Her parents, John Lane & Lucy Ann (PYLAND) SEWARD {2wf}, 
   are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 26501 (Charlottesville #212) 

Her father (1840 - 1929) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in the Surry Light Artillery. 


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