Index to Locations
Newport News Greenlawn Memorial
Park
Newport News Peninsula Memorial
Park
Greenlawn
Memorial Park
Newport News, Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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Allen A. Moss (1854-1929) —
also known as A. A. Moss —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born December
3, 1854.
Mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1898-1904, 1916-20.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1929
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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Robert Cowles Taylor (1893-1955) —
also known as R. Cowles Taylor —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born August
12, 1893.
Mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1942-55; died in office 1955.
Died December
20, 1955 (age 62 years, 130
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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Walter A. Post (1857-1912) —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in New York, January
7, 1857.
Railroad
executive; shipbuilder;
mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1896-98.
Died in Newport
News, Va., February
12, 1912 (age 55 years, 36
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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Basil Gordon James (1894-1961) —
also known as B. G. James —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Beulahville, King
William County, Va., August
9, 1894.
Mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1936-40.
Died, from coronary
insufficiency, in Newport
News, Va., November
11, 1961 (age 67 years, 94
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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Schuyler Otis Bland (1872-1950) —
also known as S. Otis Bland —
of Newport
News, Va.; Hampton,
Va.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va., May 4,
1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1918-50 (1st District 1918-33,
at-large 1933-35, 1st District 1935-50); died in office 1950.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
16, 1950 (age 77 years, 288
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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Alfred Martin Monfalcone (1890-1970) —
also known as Alfred M. Monfalcone —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born May 11,
1890.
Gasoline
station business; mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1956.
Died June 18,
1970 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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George Nelms Wise (1874-1934) —
also known as George N. Wise —
of Newport
News, Va.; Hampton,
Va.
Born in Virginia, September
13, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Paraguay in Newport
News, Va., 1921; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1922.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Hampton,
Va., March
28, 1934 (age 59 years, 196
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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James Haughton (1836-1912) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Newport
News, Va.
Born in County Carlow, Ireland,
October
17, 1836.
Vice-Consul
for Portugal in Newport
News, Va., 1890-1912; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Norfolk,
Va., 1892-97; Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Newport
News, Va., 1898-1912; Vice-Consul
for Netherlands in Newport
News, Va., 1902-12; Vice-Consul
for Norway in Newport
News, Va., 1908-12.
Episcopalian.
Died in Newport
News, Va., August
23, 1912 (age 75 years, 311
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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Henry C. Leslie (1871-1941) —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born May 27,
1871.
Vice-Consul
for Argentina in Newport
News, Va., 1910-35.
Died September
4, 1941 (age 70 years, 100
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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Nathaniel Jarrett Webb (1891-1943) —
also known as N. J. Webb —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Prince
George County, Va., April
25, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; athletic
coach; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1936-39.
Methodist.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Isle of
Wight County, Va., July 18,
1943 (age 52 years, 84
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of James Duncan Webb and Helen Howerton (Rives) Webb; married to
Lalie Lett (niece of Robert
Walker Perkins). |
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Politicians formerly
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Carl Hugo Arnal (1853-1907) —
also known as Hugo Arnal —
of Norfolk,
Va.; Newport
News, Va.
Born in Germany,
July, 1853.
Shipping
agent; Consul
for Venezuela in Norfolk,
Va., 1892-1902; Consul
for Colombia in Norfolk,
Va., 1893-1902; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Newport
News, Va., 1900-07; Consul
for Nicaragua in Newport
News, Va., 1901-04; Consul
for Cuba in Newport
News, Va., 1905-07.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Norfolk,
Va., August
20, 1907 (age 54 years, 0
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park; reinterment in 1935 at
Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Peninsula
Memorial Park
Newport News, Virginia
Politicians buried
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Samuel Roland Buxton (1874-1951) —
also known as Samuel R. Buxton —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Jackson, Northampton
County, N.C., February
10, 1874.
Mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1904-08.
Died in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., November
9, 1951 (age 77 years, 272
days).
Interment at Peninsula Memorial Park.
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Thomas Parker Host Sr. (1892-1962) —
also known as T. Parker Host, Sr. —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born October
2, 1892.
Maritime
shipping business; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Norway in Newport
News, Va., 1935-50; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Peru in Newport
News, Va., 1935; mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1940-42.
Died December
7, 1962 (age 70 years, 66
days).
Interment at Peninsula Memorial Park.
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Robert Bruce Smith (1901-1985) —
also known as Robert B. Smith —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in New York, May 1,
1901.
Newspaper
executive; mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1956-58.
Died April
29, 1985 (age 83 years, 363
days).
Interment at Peninsula Memorial Park.
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Herbert Harvell Bateman (1928-2000) —
also known as Herbert H. Bateman —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., August
7, 1928.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1968-82 (27th District 1968-71, 2nd District
1972-82); resigned 1982; candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1981; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1983-2000; died in
office 2000.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of lung
cancer and prostate
cancer, at Loudoun Hospital
Center, Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., September
11, 2000 (age 72 years, 35
days).
Interment at Peninsula Memorial Park.
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Thomas Nelms Downing (1919-2001) —
also known as Thomas N. Downing —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Newport
News, Va., January
2, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1959-77.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from complications of intestinal surgery, in a hospital
at Newport
News, Va., October
23, 2001 (age 82 years, 294
days).
Interment at Peninsula Memorial Park.
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