Sussex-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....White, E. Judith S. Black, 1972 

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MRS. JUDITH B. WHITE 

  WAVERLY - Mrs. Judith Black White, 66, died Tuesday morning in Louise Obici 
Memorial Hospital, Suffolk. 

  A native of Suffolk, she was the widow of George Chapman White and a 
daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Mrs. Belle Thompson Black. 

  She was a member of Spring Hill Congregational Christian Church. 

  She retired last June as a housemother at North Carolina Wesleyan College at 
Rocky Mount. 

  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. John William Guy of Laurel, Md.; two sisters, 
Mrs. T.J. Christian of Hampton and Mrs. W.C. Jones of Cocoa, Fla.; and a 
granddaughter, Judith E. Guy of Laurel. 

  A funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Waverly Congregational 
Christian Church by the Rev. Merle F. Sollinger and the Rev. Richard Jackson. 
Burial will be in Waverly Cemetery. 

  The body is at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield. 


Emma Judith Sinclair (BLACK; Mrs. George C.) WHITE, retired housemother, 
b. 13 Jan 1906, Suffolk, d. 4 Jan 1972, Suffolk, 
interred in Waverly Cemetery*, 6 Jan 1972, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 50, No. 4, Wed., Jan. 5, 1972, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Delane Randolph - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #128376322. 

D.Cert. 72-003080 

Her parents & step-mother are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - 
   Block F, Lot 66. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

Her maternal grandmother Emma (WATERBERRY) THOMSON is buried in the same lot: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt 

Her father (1872 - 1925) was a Christian Church minister. 

Her maternal grandfather John McKay THOMSON (1842 - 1922) was a Scottish 
   immigrant.  He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Saginaw Co., MI. 

Her paternal grandfather Joseph Moses BLACK was a Confederate veteran, having 
   served as a private in Co. G, 10th VA Infantry & Co. D, 5th VA Infantry. 
   He was wounded at Chancellorsville and captured at Mine Run.  He was 
   murdered 12 Nov 1870 in Staunton.  His widow "Joanna" applied for a pension 
   31 May 1900, stating Joseph died "in 1877 ... in Staunton, Va., Killed in a 
   personal difficulty after the war," & 2 Aug 1902, stating he was "Killed in 
   a personal encounter after the war in 1877 ... in Staunton."  Joseph & 
   Johanna Juliene (BERRY) BLACK are buried in Keezletown Cemetery, 
   Keezletown, Rockingham Co.  Articles on the murder & the acquittal of 
   murderer George W. SMILEY - who went insane after his cellmate was lynched 
   - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #112722672. 


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