Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lanier, O'Kelley A., 1995 

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O'KELLY [sic; O'KELLEY] ABRAHAM LANIER 

  O'Kelly A. Lanier, 84, a resident of Wakefield, died Saturday, June 18, 
1995 at his home.  Born in Sussex County, he was son of the late John Robin 
and Durley Van [sic; Durlie Vann] Lanier.  He was a retired construction 
worker and farmer, a member of Barrett's Congregational Christian Church, a 
32d degree Mason and member of Wakefield Lodge #198 A.F. & A.M., and a Shriner 
and member of the Khedive Temple, Norfolk.  He is survived by his wife, 
Katherine Louise Zimmerman Lanier; three sons, David Lee Lanier, Albert 
Robin Lanier and Robin Abraham Lanier, all of Wakefield; two daughters, 
Julie Ann Cross, Como, N.C. and Louise Arlene Lanier, Wakefield; two sisters, 
Dorothy Birdsong and Alma Boykin, both of Wakefield; seven grandchildren and 
two great-grandchildren.  Funeral services will be held in Purviance Funeral 
Home, Wakefield at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 20 1995, by Rev. Woodrow Laine. 
Burial with Masonic Rites will be in Wakefield Cemetery.  The family will 
receive friends at the funeral home on Monday evening from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. 
and at other times at the residence. Memorial donations may be made to the 
Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, c/o Khedive Temple, 645 Woodlake 
Dr., Chesapeake, Va. 23320. 


O'Kelley Abraham LANIER, retired construction worker & farmer, 
b. 11 Jul 1910, Sussex Co., d. 18 Jun 1995, at home, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 20 Jun 1995, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

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

His widow's obit ("Daily Press," Aug. 12, 2002, p. 21) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/l560k1ob.txt 


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