Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Marshall, R. Adolphus, 1910 

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R. A. Marshall Died Yesterday Morning 

  Suffolk, Va., Feb. 7. - R. Adolphus Marshall died about 1 o'clock this 
morning at the home of a sister, Mrs. N.E. Edwards, at the corner of Jackson 
and Charles streets.  He had been ill only a few days. 

  Mr. Marshall recently celebrated his 57th birthday by giving a dinner to 
a dozen or two friends. 

   The funeral rites will be conducted at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning by Dr. 
Staley from the residence of Mrs Edwards. 

  The deceased is survived by a widow, who was Miss Annie [sic; Eddie*] 
O'Berry, now a resident of Norfolk; one daughter, Miss Ruth Marshall, and two 
sons, Letcher and Robert Marshall. 

  He was a brother of Mrs. F.N. Gray, Mrs. Clarence Edwards, Mrs. N.E. 
Edwards, Mrs. W.H. Andrews, Mrs. W.C. Batten, Thomas B. Lee, and Jack 
Marshall. 

  Mr. Marshall was Suffolk manager of the Standard Oil Company.

  He leaves a number of friends in Suffolk and in Isle of Wight county, his 
former home. 

  The body will be buried at Antioch church, Isle of Wight county. The 
following will be Suffolk pall-bearers: Honorary - Dr. Thomas H. Barnes, Dr. 
John E. Phillips, W.G. Elam, H.E. Smith, L.P. Jordan, J.H. Culley and R.R. 
Allen.  Active - David R. Lassiter, J.W. Brinkley, M.F. Lloyd, W.J. Gray, 
Preston S. Brinkley, J.C. Bell, E.W. Hall and W.M. Atkinson. 


Robert Adolphus MARSHALL, Suffolk manager of Standard Oil Co., 
b. Dec 1852, Isle of Wight Co., d. 7 Feb 1910, at sister's home, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 25 Sep 1938, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Tues., Feb. 8, 1910, image 7 
   (www.vbgov.com/government/departments.libraries; infoweb.newsbank.com) 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

Unmarked?  Not on: 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

His parents, Thomas Jefferson & Martha Elizabeth (ELEY) MARSHALL, 
   are also buried there. 

Adolphus & Eddie Florine O'BERRY, daughter of John W. & Martha Jane (DARDEN) 
   O'BERRY, m. 11 Mar 1880 in Suffolk.  (Nansemond Co. M.Reg. 1880 p. 247 #47) 

Eddie (1860 - 1935) is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

His father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. D, 
   16th VA Infantry. 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Anne Marie Piland, 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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