Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lawter, Zeb V. Jr., 2007 

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ZEB VANCE LAWTER, JR. 

  Zeb Vance Lawter, Jr., 72, a resident of Wakefield, Virginia, died Sunday, 
April 8, 2007 at Sentata Obici Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia.  Born in 
Harriman, TN he was the son of the late Zeb Vance Lawter, Sr. and Lillie B. 
Melton Spurlin.  Mr. Lawter retired from the U.S. Navy having served his 
country in the Vietnam War, and recently worked as a truck driver for Schultz 
Trucking in Waverly, VA.  He was a member of The Fraternal Order of Foresters, 
Fleet Rescue, American Legion, the Eagles, and Surry Ruritan Club.

  He is survived by a daughter, Susan L. Birdsong and her husband, Thomas 
Wayne Birdsong, II, of Elizabeth City, N.C.; a son, Charles Lawter of 
Chesapeake, VA, a sister, Betty Tasker and her husband, Russell, of Rabun Gay, 
GA, Two granddaughters, Anna King and Crystal Birdsong; and his best friend, 
Thomas Wayne Birdsong, Sr.

  Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at the 
Purviance Chapel of the J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Homes, Wakefield, VA, with 
the Rev. Jim Kerr officiating.  Interment with military rites will follow in 
Wakefield Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home of 
Tuesday evening, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and at other times at the residence of T. 
Wayne and Evelyn Birdsong.


Zeb Vance LAWTER, Jr., retired from Navy - veteran of Vietnam War, 
b. 21 Dec 1934, Harriman, TN, d. 8 Apr 2007, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 11 Apr 2007, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Apr. 10, 2007, B-5 

*Wakefield list, an extension of 
   the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 


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