Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, John W., 1927 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOHN WILLIAM SMITH Suffolk, Dec. 13, - J. W. Smith, aged 59, prominent citizen of Holland, died Monday at midnight after an illness of several months. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Gertrude Smith, three children, Misses Katherine and Ethleen Smith, and Thorburn Smith, of Holland, and a brother, J. L. Smith, of Nansemond County. Funeral services will be held at Holland Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by the Rev. L. F. Paulette. Interment will be made in the Beaver Dam Cemetery. [Note: John William Smith died December 12, 1927. He was born September 2, 1868 to William Jackson Smith and Virginia (Jennie) Cross. (pvm)] [John William SMITH, d. 12 Dec 1927, age 59, interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, 14 Dec 1927, donated obit, newspaper unknown, circa 13 Dec 1927] [obit donated by Peggy V. McKinney, file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager.]