Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Laine, Pearl B. Burgess, 1965 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MRS. PEARL LAINE WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Pearl Burgess Laine, 67 [sic; 57], died Tuesday in a hospital after a long illness. A native of Surry County, she was a member of the Wakefield Christian Church. She is survived by her husband, Arthur C. Laine of Wakefield; a son, Arthur T. Laine of Petersburg; a daughter, Mrs. Phillip Underwood of Waverly; one sister, Mrs. E.W. Scarborough of Washington, D.C.; three brothers, Roy E. Burgess of Richmond, E.T. Burgess of Arlington and W.R. Burgess of Washington, D.C.; and one grandson. Funeral services will be conducted at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the Purviance Funeral Home Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. H.E. Crutchfield and the Rev. E.B. Owens. Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery. Pearl Blanche (BURGESS; Mrs. Arthur Crawley) LAINE, b. 31 Aug 1907, Surry Co., d. 20 Jul 1965, Williamsburg, interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 22 Jul 1965, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 43, No. 173, Wed., July 21, 1965, p. 3 *Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt Her father, Emmett Junius BURGESS (1879 - 1957), & step-mother are also buried there. A photo of her gravestone - added by Scott Bennett - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #24010033. D.Cert. 65-20077 Her husband's obit ("Daily Press," Nov. 26, 1984, p. 13) is are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/l500a5ob.txt Her mother, Emo Mamie (WHITTAKER) BURGESS (1885 - 1910), is buried in Union Christian Church Cemetery, Surry Co. The obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Nov. 4, 1955, p. 24) of her step-mother Mary Elizabeth (TRUEHEART) BURGESS is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b622m4ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/l500p1ob.txt