Sussex-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Tomlin, Edward C., 1959 

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Rites Saturday for Calvin Tomlin, 32, Heart Victim 

  Edward Calvin Tomlin, 32, died suddenly of a heart attack early Thursday 
morning at his home near Wakefield. 

  A son of Eddie Tomlin, of Windsor, and Emma J. Tomlin, of Wakefield, he was 
a native of Zuni and had lived in Wakefield for the past four years. 

  He was employed as a farm equipment mechanic by the Southside Motor Company 
of Wakefield.  He was a member of the Antioch Christian Church at Windsor. 

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Doris Warren Tomlin; a brother, Mills T. 
Tomlin, of Ivor; a sister, Mrs. Julian A. Felts, of Ivor, and one niece and 
five nephews. 

  Funeral services will be held at Purviance Funeral Chapel on Saturday, 
December 5, at 2:30 p.m., with Rev. L.P. Bland of the Wakefield Methodist 
Church officiating.  Interment will be in Wakefield Cemetery. 

  Pallbearers are Clarence Edwards, Johnny Edwards, John Cobb, Coston Cobb, 
Woodrow Cobb, Herman Cobb and Mitchell Hunter. 

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EDWARD CALVIN TOMLIN 

  WAKEFIELD - Edward C. Tomlin, 32, died Thursday.  Rites 2:30 p.m. Saturday 
Purviance Funeral Home, burial Wakefield Cemetery.

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E. C. Tomlin, 32, Buried Dec. 5 In Wakefield Cemty. 

  Edward Calvin Tomlin, 32, farm equipment mechanic, died at his home in 
Wakefield Thursday, December 3, 1959, at 6 A.M. of a heart attack. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, he had resided in Wakefield for four 
years.  He was a member of the Antioch Christian Church in Wakefield [sic; 
Windsor]. 

  Surviving are his wife, Doris Warren Tomlin; his parents, Eddie Tomlin of 
Windsor, and Emma J. Tomlin of Wakefield; a brother, Mills T. Tomlin of Ivor; 
a sister, Mrs. Julian A. Felts of Wakefield; a niece and five nephews. 

  A funeral service was held in Purviance Funeral Chapel Saturday, December 5, 
at 2:30 P.M. by the Rev. L.P. Bland of Wakefield Methodist Church with burial 
in the Wakefield Cemetery. 


Edward Calvin TOMLIN, farm equipment mechanic, Army veteran, 
b. 17 Sep 1927, Zuni, Isle of Wight Co., d. 3 Dec 1959, Sussex Co., 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 5 Dec 1959, 
"Sussex-Surry Dispatch" (Waverly, VA), Vol. 82, No. 49, Thurs., Dec. 3, 1959, 
   p. 5; 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Fri., Dec. 4, 1959, p. 43; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 40, No. 50, Thurs., Dec. 10, 1959, p. 1 

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

D.Cert. 32485 (Wakefield #16) 

His parents, Charles Eddie & Emma Jane (BARRETT) TOMLIN, 
   are buried in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Edward 1m. Ruby Clarene WARD 7 May 1948 (Nansemond Co. #89); they div. 
   in 1951.  Ruby 2m. widower James Ralph DAUGHTREY 24 Nov 1952 (Nan.Co. #237).
   Ruby (1926-1985) is buried in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

Edward 2m. Doris Marie WARREN 21 Jul 1955 in Windsor.  (IoW.Co. #57) 
   Doris 2m. James Franklin COUNCIL 22 Oct 1960 in Nansemond Co.  (Sussex #69) 
   James is buried in Uzzell's Methodist Church Cemetery.  {IWCHS GSSTF #13} 

His father's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," "Tidewater News," & 
   "Smithfield Times," Nov. 1960) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/t545e2ob.txt 

His mother's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," &"Smithfield Times," May 1993) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/t545e3ob.txt 


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