Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Philhower, Nettie Nelms, 1935 

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Philhower Rites Set For Friday, 2:30 P. M. 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Nettie Nelms Philhower will be held at the 
residence, 115 Wellons street, Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.  Services 
will be conducted by Dr. John G. Truitt, assisted by the Rev. I.W. Johnson 
and burial will be in Cedar Hill cemetery. 

  Active pallbearers will be: Dr. William C. Gibson, Dr. O.R. Yates, Dr. F.J. 
Morrison, J.R. Vann, I.B. Powell, Hersey Woodward, Jr., Lynn Baker and Sidney 
Davis. 

  Honorary pallbearers will be as follows: E.E. Jones, A.J. Powell, J. Walter 
Hosier, R.A. Brinkley, Miles Parker, R.H. Brinkley, W.W. Ballard, O.S. Smith, 
Sr., S.W. Nelms, Capt. A.L. Roberts, R.L. Speight and J.H. Byrd. 


Lucy Antoinette "Nettie" (NELMS; Mrs. "Richie" Richard Peterson) PHILHOWER, 
b. 16 Jan 1871, Isle of Wight Co., d. 13 Apr 1935, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 68*), Suffolk, 12 Apr 1935, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 13, No. 17, Thurs., Apr. 11, 1935, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #84426404. 

D.Cert. 9448 (Suffolk #108) 

Her parents, Stephen John & Martha Eliza (GAY) NELMS, are buried in 
   Block C, Lot 111: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt 

Her father (1844 - 1893) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a 
   private in Co. E, 6th VA Infantry, & as an ambulance driver.  Her mother 
   (1840 - 1926) applied for a pension May 14, 1917. 


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