Newport News city
Virginia
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Newport News city
Virginia
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Newport News city
Index to Locations
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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.
Son of Schuyler Bland and Olivia James (Anderson) Bland.
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 Cemetery.
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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.
Son of James Duncan Webb (1848-1933) and Helen Howerton (Rives) Webb
(1851-1930).
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 Cemetery.
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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, 1968-83; 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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