John Wesley Ames Obit

JOHN WESLEY AMES, SR.

DIED IN NORFOLK

Mr. John Wesley Ames, Sr., died at his home, in Norfolk, on Wednesday, May 6,
1903, at 2:50 a.m., in the eighty second year of his age. The deceased formerly
one of Nansemond County best known and popular citizens, and in his death a good
man has been removed from earth, full of years, and leaving behind the legacy of
a well spent life. He was the father of Mr. John W. Ames, Jr., former town
sergeant of Suffolk, who is now living in Norfolk, and a brother of Mr. Levi D.
Ames, of Churchland, Norfolk county. He was a gallant soldier of the
Confederacy, and after the war filled in an acceptable manner the position of
magistrate in Nansemond County. For the past fourteen years he had lived in
Norfolk.

The remains were interred yesterday afternoon in the old family burial ground
at Bennett’s Creek, Nansemond County. He was a prominent Mason, and was buried
with the rites of that ancient order, which were participated in by members of
Harmony Lodge, of Driver and Churchland lodge.


[John Wesley AMES, Sr., d. 6 May 1923, Norfolk, age 82,
interred in family cemetery, Bennett's Creek,
donated obituary, newspaper unknown, circa May 8, 1903]

[file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net),
and re-formatted by File Manager.]