Sussex-Isle of Wight County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Baldwin, John W., 1956 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOHN WILLIAM BALDWIN WAKEFIELD - Sept. 19 - A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday for John William Baldwin, 34, who died in Richmond Tuesday. Service will be at Purviance Funeral Chapel here with burial in Wakefield Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Kathryn Edwards Baldwin; two sons, Charles and Billy Baldwin; a daughter, Sue Baldwin, all of Richmond; his mother, Ethel Baldwin of Smithfield; two sisters, Mrs. Robert Bailey of Portsmouth and Mrs. Ashby Bowden of Smithfield. John William BALDWIN, utility foreman, Army veteran, b. 5 Jun 1922, Rushmere, suicide 18 Sep 1956, at home, Richmond, interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 20 Sep 1956, "Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Sep. 20, 1956, p. 8 *Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt Find a Grave Mem. #127406946 The home of sister Mary Leslie BOWDEN in Rushmere - owned by their mother - was destryoyed by fire, 16 Aug 1946, killing his infant daughter Carolyn Maxine. (D.Cert. 17758 {Hardy #8}) She is also buried there. Her obit ("Smithfield Times," Aug. 21, 1946, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b435c1ob.txt His widow 2m. Richard T. SLADE. They are also buried there. Her obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1983) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/s430k2ob.txt His mother, Ethel Arlene (HUNNICUTT BELL) BALDWIN, is buried in the Old Brick Church Cemetery, Bacons Castle, Surry Co. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. "Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Sep. 20, 1956, p. 8 file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b435j1ob.txt