Virgie Opal Walker, daughter of Clarence
Eugene & Sarah Nevada (Burton) Walker, was born in Currituck Co. on
May 17, 1908. Virgie married Samuel Graham Newbern on July 3,
1924. Virgie
died in Camden Co., NC on Jan. 9, 1935 from an automobile accident.
Samuel, son of Nicholas
Cutthroat Newbern & Lillie Mae Dutcher [see the
Dutcher
Family Bible], was born in Jarvisburg, NC on
Oct. 28, 1899 and died in Jarvisburg on Dec. 18, 1948 of a heart
attack [see death
certificate]. Virgie &
Samuel had 4 children:
1) Maxine
Virginia Newbern (1926-1999)
2) Kenneth Raynor Newbern
(1927-1986)
3) living female Newbern
4) living male
Newbern
(legally changed name to Walker)
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Samuel Graham
Newbern - circa 1924 |
Virgie Opal
(Walker) Newbern - circa 1924 |
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Left to right:
Ruth Forbes, Samuel G. Newbern, Virgie (Walker) Newbern |
Left to right:
Virgie (Walker)
Newbern, Samuel G. Newbern, Ruth (Foster) Forbes, Dewey W. Forbes.
Ruth & Dewey are buried in the
Owens-Berry Cemetery in Jarvisburg. |
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Samuel G. & Virgie (Walker) Newbern |
Virgie (Walker)
Newbern as a flapper complete with
a bobbed hairdo, short
skirt, and hose rolled down below the knees! |
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Maxine Virginia Newbern was
born in Currituck Co. on Jan. 27, 1926 and died in
Chesapeake, Va. in June 1999. She married Charles
Walter "Charlie" Jones, Sr. Maxine & Charlie are
buried in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens in Chesapeake, Va. [see
their
tombstone].
Maxine & Charlie lived and worked in Norfolk and Virginia
Beach, Va. but returned to Currituck County to live after his
retirement from Virginia Power. |
Charles Walter Jones, Sr., son of Walter C. & Rebecca
Jones, was born in Currituck Co. on Sept. 26, 1922 and died
in Currituck Co. on Dec. 23, 1987. |
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Kenneth Raynor "Kenny Boy"
Newbern was born in Currituck Co. on Dec. 23, 1927 and died
in Currituck Co. on June 14, 1986 [see his
obituary].
Kenneth retired from the North Carolina Transportation
Department. He lived in Currituck County all his life. He loved
his cars and took great care of them. Here he is pictured with
what was probably his first car, a 1936 Ford. |
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