Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Layne, Florine E. Brown, 1992 

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FLORINE ELLIS BROWN LAYNE 

  WAKEFIELD - Florine Brown Layne, 64, a retired nurse, died Tuesday, Feb. 18.

  Mrs. Layne retired as an industrial nurse from Gwaltney’s of Smithfield 
after many years of service.  She was a graduate of Ivor High School and St. 
Elizabeth’s School of Nursing in Richmond.

  Mrs. Layne was a member of the St. Elizabeth’s Alumni Group, Scattered White 
Caps, and Wakefield Baptist Church and Woman’s Club of Wakefield.

  Survived by a daughter, Brenda L. Berlinghoff of Urbanna; two sisters, Edna 
B. Skinner of Wakefield and Nellie B. Worley of Petersburg; and two brothers, 
William H. Brown, Jr. of Wakefield and Elton Brown of Toano.

  Visitation at Mrs. Layne’s residence on Highway 460, Wakefield.  Graveside 
service at 2 p.m. Friday in Wakefield Cemetery by the Rev. Douglas M. Cotter.

  Memorials to the American Cancer Society; Ivor or Waverly Volunteer Rescue 
Squads; or Central Middlesex Rescue Squad, Urbanna 23175.

  Arrangements by Purviance Funeral Home.

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FLORINE BROWN LAYNE

  Florine Brown Layne, 64, a resident of Wakefield, died Tuesday, February 18 
at her daughter’s home in Urbanna, Va.

  Mrs. Layne, widow of the late Walter Raymond Layne, was a graduate of Ivor 
High School and the St. Elizabeth’s School of Nursing, in Richmond.  She was 
a member of the St. Elizabeth’s Alumni group. Scattered White Caps.  She was 
a member of the Wakefield Baptist Church and the Woman’s Club of Wakefield. 
Mrs. Layne was retired as an Industrial Nurse of Gwaltney’s of Smithfield for 
many years.

  Survivors include: her daughter, Brenda L. Berlinghoff or Urbanna; two 
sisters, Edna B. Siner of Wakefield, Nellie B. Worley of Petersburg; two 
brother, William H. "Chicken" Brown, Jr. of Wakefield and Elton Brown of Toana.

  A graveside funeral service was held in the Wakefield Cemetery on Friday 
February 20 at 2 p.m. officiated by Rev. Douglas M. Cotter.

  Memorial donations are suggested to the American Cancer Society, the Ivor or 
Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squads, or the Central Middlesex Rescue Squad, 
Urbanna, Va. 23175.

  Purviance Funeral Home handled the arrangements.


Florine Ellis (BROWN; Mrs. Walter R.) LAYNE, 
retired Gwaltney’s industrial nurse, 
b. 14 Dec 1927, Southampton Co., d. 18 Feb 1992, Urbanna, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 20 Feb 1992, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Feb. 19, 1992, p. 12; 
Purviance Funeral Home obit 

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

Her parents, William H. & Bessie R. (ATKINSON) BROWN, are buried in 
   Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery. 


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