1997 Obituaries

Obituaries published in The Independent Messenger Newspaper,
Emporia, Greensville County, VA
1997

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Cemetery	Surname	First Name	Age	Birth Mo.	Birth Day	Birth Year	Death Mo.	Death Day	Death Year	Issue Date	Spouse, Parents
No interment mentioned	Acree	Albert Earl	48	3	12	1945	10	15	1997	10/30/1997
Adams Family	Adams	Jonah Sr	69	6	24	1928	9	30	1997	10/16/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Adkins	Jerline					6		1997	6/12/1997
Walker Family	Albert	Florine	57	6	28	1939	6	5	1997	6/12/1997
Mt. Vernon Baptist CH	Allen	Jimmy Nathan	59				2		1997	2/13/1997
Greensville Memorial	Allen	Mae Bradley					3		1997	3/23/1997
Independence UMC	Allen	Robert Eugene	59	6	7	1937	2	6	1997	2/13/1997
No interment mentioned	Allen	William	83	10	21	1914	8	1	1997	8/7/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Anderson	Della	62				4		1997	4/24/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Anderson	Robert					8		1997	8/21/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Atkins	Coley L	71				9		1997	9/21/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Bailey	Clarence	63				1		1997	1/16/1997
Church of The Holy City	Bailey	Willie					12		1997	12/31/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Ballind	Ann Forbes					3		1997	3/13/1997
Concern Utd Methodist CH	Barnes	Broaddus Wilson	81				10		1997	10/23/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Barnes	Mamie Cross	100				1		1997	2/6/1997
No interment mentioned	Baynard	Eugenia	76				6		1997	6/15/1997
No interment mentioned	Beamon	Virginia	105				4		1997	4/27/1997
Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, VA	Beatty	Robert Hall	54	8	10	1942	3	7	1997	3/13/1997	h/o Betsy Collier
Grace Episcopal CH	Bingham	Freda	91				10		1997	10/5/1997
No interment mentioned	Blake	Mary Knabb	64				8		1997	8/24/1997
Connecticutt	Blankenship	Ethel W					10		1997	10/2/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Blay	Annie D	78				3		1997	3/27/1997
Signal Hill Memorial Park	Bollinger	Louise Williams	74				1		1997	1/9/1997
Kennedy Family	Boone	John Jr	69				11		1997	11/16/1997
North Carolina	Boone	Mary Whitehead	74				4		1997	4/12/1997
Ephesus	Brame	Eunice Lewis	76				1		1997	1/12/1997
Greensville Memorial	Brantley	James Edward	78				8		1997	8/10/1997
High Hills Memorial Garden	Bray	Mary Baird	82				2		1997	2/20/1997
Emporia Cemetery	Brigman	Chris Logan	48				4		1997	4/24/1997
High Hills Memorial Garden	Briley	Mamie(Horne)	87				7		1997	7/31/1997
Bermuda Memorial Park, Chester, VA	Brockwell	Mary Catherine					4		1997	4/3/1997
Parham Family	Brooks	Barry E	27				6		1997	6/29/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Brown	James Lee(Lumas)	72				11		1997	11/20/1997
Little Shiloh Baptist CH	Brown	Mary Seal	63				11		1997	11/27/1997
Cottage	Brown	Warner Sr	100				1		1997	1/30/1997
No interment mentioned	Bryant	Julia Mae	70				10		1997	10/23/1997
Cedarwood	Bush	Samuel Ernest Sr	81				1		1997	1/9/1997
Macedonia Baptist CH	Cain	Earnestine	71				4		1997	5/1/1997
Lewis Farm	Callis	Murriel Ann					2		1997	2/20/1997
Aberdour Presbyterian CH	Cannon	Mary Ann King	78	7	29	1918	4	13	1997	4/17/1997
Greensville Memorial	Capps	Jerry J	73				4	16	1997	5/1/1997
Evergreen Memorial	Carpenter	Patricia Bathe	40				6		1997	6/22/1997
Concern Utd Methodist CH	Carraway	Frances Louise	65				4		1997	4/24/1997
Pleasant Grove Baptist CH	Carson	Raymond	47				12		1997	12/14/1997
Smith Family	Chambliss	Virginia	73				12		1997	12/31/1997
Emporia Cemetery	Chaplin	William S	76				1	28	1997	2/2/1997
Greensville Memorial	Clarke	Virginia Moore	78				2	20	1997	3/2/1997
Little Shiloh Baptist CH	Claud	Isabell Turner					6		1997	6/5/1997
Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, VA	Cole	Louise C	93				1		1997	1/23/1997
Greensville Memorial	Collins	Mable Anderton	79				12		1997	12/21/1997
Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, VA	Cooke	William Alfred Jr.	61	11	1	1936	12	9	1997	12/14/1997	h/o Peggy Gay, father of Wanda & Wayne
Thomas Memorial Baptist CH, Drewryville, VA	Covington	Natalie C	65				5		1997	5/25/1997
No interment mentioned	Crandoll	Annie White					5		1997	5/29/1997
Richmond, VA	Creaseman	Courtney Wray	89				11		1997	11/13/1997
Little Shiloh Baptist CH	Crowder	Mildred					8		1997	8/7/1997
High Hills Memorial Garden	Dale	Inez Rebecca					5		1997	5/22/1997
High Hills Memorial Garden	Dale	Phillip H	83				5		1997	5/8/1997
Daughtry Family	Daughtry	Harry L	71				9		1997	9/21/1997
Bryant Farm	Davenport	Clarence Odell		7	28	1917	3	15	1997	3/27/1997
Emporia Cemetery	Davidson	Kate Saunders					4		1997	4/24/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Davis	Carl					11		1997	11/13/1997
Antioch Baptist CH	Davis	George Jr	47				10		1997	10/5/1997
High Hills Memorial Garden	Davis	Homer	65				11		1997	11/20/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Dennis	Brenda J					8		1997	8/24/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Doby	James M	64				9		1997	9/11/1997
No interment mentioned	Downs	Helen K Hawks	78				5		1997	5/22/1997
Greensville Memorial	Doyle	Johnny S	90				10		1997	10/16/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Drewry	Maggie	90				10		1997	10/23/1997
Mason Grove	Drumgoole	George Jr	82				5		1997	5/29/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Drumgoole	Tyon					6		1997	6/29/1997
Greensville Memorial	Drummond	Clarence Alvin	69				5		1997	5/8/1997
Hassidiah Bapt Ch	Dunn	Reginald Leon	43				12		1997	12/31/1997
Smith Family	Dunn	Russell Sr					6		1997	6/12/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Easter	Bernice Jackson					6		1997	6/5/1997
Barnes Family	Easter	Charlie					4		1997	4/17/1997
Jerusalem Baptist CH	Easter	Lena	89				5		1997	5/8/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Easter	Lyn Otis					3		1997	3/27/1997
Rising Star Baptist CH	Easter	Mary Francis					3		1997	3/20/1997
Poplar Mount Baptist CH	Easter	Virginia Mae					1		1997	1/30/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Easter	Willie Leroy Sr					1		1997	1/16/1997
No interment mentioned	Eckberg	Kenneth E	69				6		1997	6/11/1997
North Carolina	Edge	Nancy Mildred Culbreth	81				9		1997	9/21/1997
North Carolina	Edwards	Glen Grimes	83				8		1997	8/7/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Edwards	James Junious	58				1		1997	1/9/1997
Greensville Memorial	Elliott	Anne Archer	87				3		1997	3/6/1997
Robinson Family	Epps	Rosa Scott					3		1997	3/6/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Evans	Alton Taylor					3		1997	3/20/1997
Zion Community CH	Evans	Leola					5		1997	5/25/1997
No interment mentioned	Evans	Mattie P					7		1997	7/24/1997
Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, VA	Fannin	Helen	99				9		1997	9/9/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Feaster-Cain	Deborah Ann	64				9		1997	9/18/1997
High Hills Memorial Garden	Ferguson	Rhoda W					3		1997	3/23/1997
Zion Community CH	Finnell	Sarah	82				11		1997	11/27/1997
Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, VA	Freeman	Thomas Jr.	41			1956	1	17	1997	1/23/1997	S/O Thomas L. & Camille Freeman
Greensville Memorial	Fuller	Virginia L	78				2		1997	2/16/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Futrell	Charles C Sr					4		1997	4/17/1997
Diamond Grove Bapt CH	Garner	Booker T	86				10		1997	10/9/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Garner	Cato Jr	45				6		1997	6/15/1997
Garris Family	Garris	Christopher D					4		1997	4/17/1997
Rising Star Baptist CH	Gholston	Sallie Norman					3		1997	3/6/1997
No interment mentioned	Gibbs	James M					8		1997	8/7/1997
Antioch Baptist CH	Gilliam	Percell					4		1997	4/17/1997
Florida	Goodfellow	Virginia	72				3		1997	3/23/1997
Greensville Memorial	Goodwyn	Harold M	83				10		1997	10/16/1997
Emporia Cemetery	Grant	Albert C	80				6		1997	6/8/1997
Reese/Sykes	Green	Annie Reese	83				1		1997	1/30/1997
Greensville Memorial	Griffin	Susan Morriss					9		1997	9/7/1997
Emporia Cemetery	Grizzard	Herbert Franklin	81	12	18	1915	2	14	1997	2/20/1997	s/o Willie Thomas & Josephine (Chitty), h/o Willia Adelia Jordan
North Carolina	Gurganus	James Thomas	61				7		1997	7/31/1997
Hall Family	Hall	Carrie Ruth					3		1997	3/20/1997
Readville Baptist CH	Hardin	John E					9		1997	9/11/1997
Emporia Cemetery	Harding	Virginia Paschall	86				9		1997	9/7/1997
Antioch Baptist CH	Hardy	Mattie					3		1997	3/27/1997
Independence UMC	Harrell	Beatrice Allen	58				2		1997	2/20/1997
Antioch Baptist CH	Harrell	Calvin Edsell	71				10		1997	10/12/1997
Canaan	Harrell	Earl G Sr					1		1997	1/23/1997
Poplar Mount Baptist CH	Harris	Wilma J					4		1997	4/17/1997
Emporia Cemetery	Harrison	Ethel Squire	93				12		1997	12/25/1997
Pleasant Grove Baptist CH	Harrison	John Gholson					2		1997	2/6/1997
No interment mentioned	Harvell	Nettie	81				6		1997	6/11/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Harvell	William					2		1997	2/20/1997
Pleasant Plain Baptist CH	Hewin	Eleanor Magee	84				11		1997	11/27/1997
North Carolina	Hicks	Queen M	74				7		1997	7/27/1997
Zion Baptist CH	Hill	Michael Joseph	36				10		1997	10/12/1997
Pleasant Plain Baptist CH	Hines	Leatha B					11		1997	11/13/1997
Parklawn Memorial Park	Hobbs	Thelma Erselle	74				2		1997	2/13/1997
Southampton Memorial Park, Franklin VA	Holland	Teresa Johnson	45				2		1997	2/20/1997
Gary Family	Holmes	Daisy Gary	106				5		1997	5/29/1997
Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, VA	Horne	Hannah L	76				9		1997	9/18/1997
Michigan	Hudson	Curtis G	78				3		1997	3/6/1997
Emporia Cemetery	Hurt	Mercedes P	87				6		1997	6/19/1997
Ivory Family	Ivory	Roosevelt	50				11		1997	11/13/1997
Antioch Baptist CH	Jackson	Mildred					8		1997	8/21/1997
Canaan	Jarratt	William G Sr	69				3		1997	3/20/1997
Jefferson Family	Jefferson	Marcellus Daniel	75				5		1997	5/25/1997
Emporia Cemetery	Johnston	Fredrick Elloitt	87				4		1997	4/27/1997
Crestview Memorial Park	Jones	Louis	71				3		1997	3/13/1997
Pleasant Plain Baptist CH	Jones	Otis M					8		1997	8/7/1997
Greensville Memorial	Jones	Ruth C	78				11		1997	11/20/1997
St. Paul C. O. G. I. C. CH	Jones	Thomas Hardy					5		1997	5/1/1997
Brown Hill	Jones	Willie Christine	83				2		1997	2/13/1997
Emporia Cemetery	Jones	Tommy Dean	40				10		1997	10/23/1997
Crestview Memorial Park	Jordan	Delma Lee	86				2		1997	2/13/1997
Mason Family	Lawson	Minnie L					10		1997	10/26/1997
Rising Star Baptist CH	Lee	Wiley Sr					11		1997	11/20/1997
Mars Hill Baptist CH	Lewis	Annie Lee Epps					2		1997	2/20/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Lewis	Bertha Mae					3		1997	3/27/1997
North Carolina	Lewis	Peggy Cannon	62				9		1997	9/11/1997
No interment mentioned	Lifsey	Emmett Theodore	78				10		1997	10/26/1997
Emporia Cemetery	Ligon	Willaim H	82	7	29	1914	2	2	1997	2/9/1997	s/o Jeffrey & Lillian (Conner)
Greensville Memorial	Lilly	Gladys					2	28	1997	3/6/1997
Oakwood	Little	Estelle Harrison	78				12		1997	12/26/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Lucas	Emma A	76				10		1997	10/9/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Lucas	Willie A	69				8		1997	8/24/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Lundy	Mary Ann					6		1997	6/12/1997
Zion Community CH	Mabrey	Willie Lee	74				1		1997	1/12/1997
Meadowbrook Memorial Garden	Mahoney	George Bernard	78				3		1997	3/6/1997
Maryland	Mallory	Bunny Louise	42				9		1997	9/21/1997
Hunnicutt Family	Malone	Laura E	88				5		1997	5/15/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Manns	Clara G	81				6		1997	6/5/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Mason	Ann L	57				12		1997	12/31/1997
Mason Family	Mason	Cedric Lee	63				7		1997	7/12/1997
Little Shiloh Baptist CH	Mason	Mary					3		1997	3/20/1997
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens	Mason	Maude G	87				1		1997	1/23/1997
Cottage	Mason	Richard Samuel	50				3		1997	3/9/1997
No interment mentioned	Matthews	Berkly Guthrie	75				1		1997	1/9/1997
Emporia Cemetery	McCann	Cecil V	83				5		1997	5/15/1997
No interment mentioned	McDougal	Beverly J	47				11		1997	11/20/1997
Randolph/Pearson Fmly	Merritt	Lenora Randolph					4		1997	4/17/1997
Rocky Mount Baptist CH	Miles	Walter Lee					9		1997	9/25/1997
Thornrose	Miller	Eldridge Jones	78				2		1997	2/13/1997
Independence UMC	Mitchell	Daisy	97				8		1997	8/17/1997
Forest Hill Baptist CH	Mitchell	Ida Ferguson	79				5		1997	5/29/1997
Zion Baptist CH	Mitchell	Iola Norwood					5		1997	5/22/1997
Woodlawn Memorial Gardens	Mitchell	Jasper Macon	74				12		1997	12/21/1997
Mt. Vernon Baptist CH	Mitchell	Minnie R	101				2		1997	2/6/1997
Mt. Vernon Baptist CH	Mitchell	William B	83				2		1997	2/20/1997
Pearson Family	Moody	Millard	72				6		1997	6/19/1997
Emporia Cemetery	Moon	Ruth Elizabeth	64				2	25	1997	3/2/1997
Mt Pleasant UMC	Moore	Nancy Conner	47				5		1997	5/29/1997
Zion Baptist CH	Moore	Virginia Anderson	87				1		1997	1/19/1997
Robinson Family	Moore	Washington	96				4		1997	4/17/1997
High Hills Memorial Garden	Mozingo	Minnie Sue	56				6		1997	6/5/1997
Pleasant Plain Baptist CH	Murrell	Charlotte	88				9		1997	9/25/1997
Myrick Family	Myrick	Clifton					4		1997	4/20/1997
Emporia Cemetery	Newsome	Russell Calvin	70