Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Tynes, Thomas W. Sr., 1951 

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Thos. W. Tynes Sr. Buried Sunday At Moore's Swamp 

  Thomas Ward Tynes, Sr., 62, died at his home in Surry County Friday after a 
long illness.  A lifelong resident of Surry, he was a prominent merchant and 
farmer, having operated the Elberon Supply Company for 30 years.  A veteran 
of World War I, he was a member of Moore's Swamp Baptist Church and the Men's 
Bible Class there. 

  A son of the late S.O. and Mary Brock Tynes, he is survived by his wife, 
Mrs. Mattie Edwards Tynes; one son, T.W. Tynes Jr.; one daughter, Miss Anne 
Elizabeth Tynes, all of Elberon; four brothers, John S. Tynes, Petersburg, 
J.W. and L.L. Tynes, both of Elberon, Burnice B. Tynes, Richmond; three 
sisters, Mrs. William Bell and Miss Mary Tynes, both of Elberon, and Mrs. 
P.C. Nall of Washington. 

  The funeral procession left the home Sunday at 2:45 P.M. for services at the 
grave in Moore's Swamp Cemetery at [blank] P.M. by the Rev. L.E. Holzbach, 
pastor of Mill Swamp Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. N.C. Clifton, pastor 
of Moore's Swamp Baptist Church. 

  Pallbearers were W.H. Cox, H.W. Spratley, W.D. Gwaltney, G.L. Savedge Jr., 
Garland Seward, Wilson Seward, James Ford and G.L. Munford. 

  Friends of the family were honorary pallbearers. 


Thomas Ward TYNES, Sr., farmer & merchant, WW-I veteran, 
b. 8 Mar 1888, Surry Co., d. 19 Jan 1951, at home, Surry Co., 
interred in Moore's Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 21 Jan 1951, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 33, No. 34, Wed., Jan. 24, 1951, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #102461538. 

His parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 2320 (Cobham #3) 


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