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Cornelius Elmer “Little Bits” Harding Sr.

Birth
Portsmouth City, Virginia, USA
Death
8 Jan 1994 (aged 79)
Portsmouth City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Portsmouth, Portsmouth City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 43, Lot 30, Grave 5
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Cornelius E. "Little Bits" Harding Sr., 79, of the 2400 block of Des Moines Ave., a retired dietary supervisor, died Jan. 8, 1994, in Sentara of Portsmouth Nursing Center, Portsmouth.

Mr. Harding was born in Portsmouth. He had retired from the Naval Regional Medical Center Portsmouth Naval Hospital after 39 years. He was the widower of Carolyn B. Harding. He was a member and former vestryman of St. James Episcopal Church.

Survivors include three daughters, Barbara H. Fountain and Florence H. Williams, both of Portsmouth, and Carolyn H. Bryant of Randalstown, Md.; two sons, Cornelius E. Harding Jr. and William Leslie Harding, both of Portsmouth; 14 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; a niece, Juanita H. O'Neal of Springfield, Mass.; five sisters-in-law; two brothers-in-law; and a host of cousins, in-laws and friends and a special cousin, Zela Brown.

The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in St. James Episcopal Church by the Rev. Father Jesse L. London. Burial will be in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Portsmouth. Viewing will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Corprew Funeral Home.

The Virginian Pilot, page D2, January 10, 1994
Contributor: (48409315)
Cornelius E. "Little Bits" Harding Sr., 79, of the 2400 block of Des Moines Ave., a retired dietary supervisor, died Jan. 8, 1994, in Sentara of Portsmouth Nursing Center, Portsmouth.

Mr. Harding was born in Portsmouth. He had retired from the Naval Regional Medical Center Portsmouth Naval Hospital after 39 years. He was the widower of Carolyn B. Harding. He was a member and former vestryman of St. James Episcopal Church.

Survivors include three daughters, Barbara H. Fountain and Florence H. Williams, both of Portsmouth, and Carolyn H. Bryant of Randalstown, Md.; two sons, Cornelius E. Harding Jr. and William Leslie Harding, both of Portsmouth; 14 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; a niece, Juanita H. O'Neal of Springfield, Mass.; five sisters-in-law; two brothers-in-law; and a host of cousins, in-laws and friends and a special cousin, Zela Brown.

The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in St. James Episcopal Church by the Rev. Father Jesse L. London. Burial will be in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Portsmouth. Viewing will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Corprew Funeral Home.

The Virginian Pilot, page D2, January 10, 1994
Contributor: (48409315)


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