Sumner Rawls
- Born: 29 Aug 1899, Nansemond Co, VA.
- Marriage: Emma Squire circa 1923 in Nansemond Co, VA.
- Died: 16 Nov 1976, Nansemond Co, VA. at age 77
- Buried: Holland Cemetery, Holland Rd. Suffolk, VA
 General Notes:
The 1930 Federal Census for Virginia, Nansemond Co., Holy Neck, District 6, page 97A records Sumner (30) and Emma (28) Rawles living on Main Street in Holland near the intersection with the Carrsville Road. They have been married 7 years with no children. Sumner is a bookeeper in a peanut warehouse.
The SSDI records:
Sumner Rawles SSN: 227-10-3041 Last Residence: 23437 Suffolk, Suffolk City, Virginia, United States of America Born: 29 Aug 1899 Died: Nov 1976 State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)
Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawles, Sumner, 1976
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SUMNER RAWLES
Sumner Rawles, 77, of 6740 South Quay Road, Holland Station, died Tuesday night in Norfolk General Hospital.
He was the husband of Mrs. Emma Squire Rawles and so of the late Julius T. and Mary Dixon Holland Rawles.
He was a member of the Holland Christian church, the Board of Deacons, and the Men's Bible Class of the church. He belonged to the Holland Ruritan Club, and was a former member of the Town Council of Holland. He was the retired manager of the Holland Supply Co. and a retired member of the Board of Directors of the United Virginia - Seaboard National Bank.
Besides his wife, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Nancy Rawles Grissom of Montgomery Village, MD.; one sister, Mrs. James Thomas Jones; three brothers, Julius D. Rawles, Henry A. Rawles, and Ernest L. Rawles all of Suffolk; two grandsons.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home by Dr. Jackie L. Crater with burial in Holland Cemetery.
The family suggests that memorial be made to the Holland Christian Church building fund or the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad.
[Sumner RAWLES, d. 16 Nov 1976, Norfolk, age 77, interred in Holland Cemetery, 18 Nov 1976,
donated obit, newspaper unknown, ca. Nov. 17, 1976]
[file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager.]
Sumner married Emma Squire circa 1923 in Nansemond Co, VA. (Emma Squire was born on 11 Nov 1901 in Nansemond Co, VA, died on 16 Feb 1989 in Nansemond Co, VA. and was buried in Holland Cemetery, Holland Rd. Suffolk, VA.)
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