The Political Graveyard: Suffolk city, Va.

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Suffolk city
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Cedar Hill Cemetery
Suffolk, Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Mills Edwin Godwin Jr. (1914-1999) — also known as Mills E. Godwin, Jr. — of Suffolk, Va. Born in Nansemond County, Va. (now part of Suffolk, Va.), November 19, 1914. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1948-52; member of Virginia state senate 5th District, 1952-61; Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1962-66; Governor of Virginia, 1966-70, 1974-78. Christian. Member, Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Shriners; Moose; Rotary. Died of complications of pneumonia, January 30, 1999 (age 84 years, 72 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Edward Everett Holland (1861-1941) — also known as Edward E. Holland; E. E. Holland — of Suffolk, Va. Born in Nansemond County, Va. (now part of Suffolk, Va.), February 26, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; mayor of Suffolk, Va., 1885-87; Nansemond County Commonwealth Attorney, 1887-1907; member of Virginia state senate, 1908-11, 1930-41 (30th District 1908-11, 5th District 1930-41); died in office 1941; U.S. Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1911-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920, 1924 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Died in Suffolk, Va., October 23, 1941 (age 80 years, 239 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

		Presumably named for: Edward Everett
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Junius Edgar West (1866-1947) — also known as Junius E. West — of Waverly, Sussex County, Va.; Suffolk, Va. Born near Waverly, Sussex County, Va., July 12, 1866. Democrat. Superintendent of schools; insurance business; lawyer; newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1896, 1936; member of Virginia state house of delegates from Nansemond County, 1910-11; member of Virginia state senate 30th District, 1912-21; Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1922-30. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Elks; Rotary; Junior Order; Sons of the American Revolution. Died, of cancer, in a hospital at Richmond, Va., January 1, 1947 (age 80 years, 173 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Henry Thomas West and Susan (Cockes) West; brother of Jesse Felix West; married, February 17, 1903, to Margaret Olive Beale.
		See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

Bradford Kilby (1877-1947) — of Suffolk, Va. Born in King and Queen County, Va., June 23, 1877. Mayor of Suffolk, Va., 1907-11. Died in Suffolk, Va., January 28, 1947 (age 69 years, 219 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Wilbur John Kilby and Harriet (Brownley) Kilby; married 1918 to Mildred Pufippa Kenestrick.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

John Richardson Kilby (1819-1878) — also known as John R. Kilby — of Nansemond County, Va. (now part of Suffolk, Va.). Born in 1819. Delegate to Virginia secession convention from Nansemond County, 1861. Died December 5, 1878 (age about 59 years). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

John Henry Palmer (1867-1939) — also known as John H. Palmer — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born October 15, 1867. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1900. Died February 21, 1939 (age 71 years, 129 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

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