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John E. Acra

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John E. Acra

Birth
Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Death
25 Mar 1956 (aged 67)
Newport News City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Achilles, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.2786, Longitude: -76.4436194
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Son of John H. Acra and Emily Margaret Nuttall. Siblings include: James Monroe Acra, Frances Elizabeth Acra Nuttall, Martha Ellen Acra Robins, Emily Catherine Acra Rowe, Sarah Ann Acra Robins, Alice J. Acra Rowe, Robert Lee Acra, Harriet Virginia Acra Minor, Lucy H. Acra Rowe
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Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal (Gloucester, Va.),
Thursday, 29 March 1956, p5, c6

John E. Acra, 87, who made his home with his niece, Mrs. Lena Rowe, of Achilles, died on Sunday, March 25, in a Peninsula hospital. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Oscar Rowe, of Mathews, and several nieces and nephews.

He was a member of Sioux Tribe No. 9, IORM, and of Union Baptist Church. The funeral cortége left Hogg Funeral Home at 2 p.m. on Wednesday for Union Baptist Church where services were held at 2:30 p.m. conducted by the Rev. George M. Kissinger, III, pastor. Members of Sioux Tribe No. 9, IORM served as honorary pallbearers, and were in charge of fraternal rites at the grave.

Interment was in the church cemetery.
Son of John H. Acra and Emily Margaret Nuttall. Siblings include: James Monroe Acra, Frances Elizabeth Acra Nuttall, Martha Ellen Acra Robins, Emily Catherine Acra Rowe, Sarah Ann Acra Robins, Alice J. Acra Rowe, Robert Lee Acra, Harriet Virginia Acra Minor, Lucy H. Acra Rowe
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Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal (Gloucester, Va.),
Thursday, 29 March 1956, p5, c6

John E. Acra, 87, who made his home with his niece, Mrs. Lena Rowe, of Achilles, died on Sunday, March 25, in a Peninsula hospital. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Oscar Rowe, of Mathews, and several nieces and nephews.

He was a member of Sioux Tribe No. 9, IORM, and of Union Baptist Church. The funeral cortége left Hogg Funeral Home at 2 p.m. on Wednesday for Union Baptist Church where services were held at 2:30 p.m. conducted by the Rev. George M. Kissinger, III, pastor. Members of Sioux Tribe No. 9, IORM served as honorary pallbearers, and were in charge of fraternal rites at the grave.

Interment was in the church cemetery.

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47117163/john_e-acra: accessed ), memorial page for John E. Acra (7 May 1888–25 Mar 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47117163, citing Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Achilles, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Egg_and_Dart (contributor 46909403).