Miss Eunice Langston, Veteran Teacher, Dies
Devoted 45 Years To Teaching: In Suffolk And Nansemond Co.
Miss Eunice V. Langston, veteran Suffolk and Nansemond county school teacher, died last night at the home of her sister, Mrs. T. O. Palmer, 243 North Main street. Miss Eunice had been ill for sometime. For the past 45 years, Miss Eunice had taught in Nansemond county and in the city. During the immediate past 21 years she had been a member of the faculty of the Thomas Jefferson grammar school. During her long and useful career of service to youth, she taught the majority of native Suffolkians who are adults now. As a mark of respect to the beloved teacher, the Suffolk public schools will "teach through" tomorrow afternoon and student body and faculty will attend the services in a body. The school flag Is flying at half-staff aa a tribute to the beloved teacher. Superintendent S. T. Godbey said that "Miss Langston was a fixture here. Her life was one of service in the enlightenment of the community." She was a member of the Christian Church. Funeral services will be held at the grave tide in Cedar Hill cemetery tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. John 0. Truitt and the Rev. Dr. A. L. Franklin, pastors of the Christian and Main Street Methodist churches, will officiate. Miss Eunice was the daughter of Dempsey and Mrs. Roxana Riddick Langston. She is survived by, In addition to Mrs. Palmer, another sister, Mrs. Rosa L. Byrd of Suffolk.
Published in the Suffolk News-Herald (Suffolk, Virginia) on March 18, 1940 page 1
RITES HELD FOR MISS LANGSTON AT CEDAR HILL
School Children Pay Final Tribute To Veteran Teacher
Funeral service for Miss Eunice Langston, who for 45 years gave her life to the teaching of young people in the public schools of Suffolk and Nansemond county, were held this afternoon at the graveside in Cedar Hill cemetery. The Rev. Dr. A. L. Franklin conducted the services. There were many beautiful floral tributes including handsome designs from the teacher's council and different faculty groups of the city schools. The casket was covered with a pall of lilies and red roses. Active pallbearers included: Taylor Palmer. Jack Palmer, Wilbur Byrd. Dick Schroeder, Ed Ames, Jack Artman, Townsend Artman and Jack West III.
Published in the Suffolk News-Herald (Suffolk, Virginia) on March 19, 1940
EUNICE LANGSTON, ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE
When the late John E. Martin last fall gave the News-Herald a list of teachers composing the faculty of the several units of the Suffolk public school system, he called our attention to the Jefferson school list. An asterisk, the typewriter substitute for a star, stood by the name of Eunice Langston, and a footnote stated simply: "on leave of absence". Yesterday the News-Herald carried an account of the passing of Miss Eunice. The illness which forced her to give up her daily routine of teaching after 35 years in the service of Suffolk, and ten years before that in the schools of Nansemond county, made her leave from routine permanent. Miss. Eunice never quit; she couldn't quit that which was as much a part of her life as food itself. She merely took a rest. No one not native to Suffolk, and not having shared with several hundred local men and women the priceless experience of her guidance and instruction, can say what was the contribution of Miss Eunice to Suffolk. Working through the city's younger children, she helped mold character and helped eager young minds to unfold and grasp the truth and beauty around them. A News-Herald compositor, in handling Miss Eunice's obituary, remarked: "She taught me and all my brothers and sisters, and she taught my father before me. There may be others like her left in the school system, but, right now, I can't recall anyone to mention with Miss Eunice." Miss Eunice made many other contributions to the life of Suffolk which only her friends and close acquaintances knew. She was a quiet, kindly gentlewoman who enlisted in the cause of free public education in Virginia when there was mighty little for the masses. She enlisted for life and devoted her life to a diligent pursuit and promotion of that cause. It was the Miss Eunices who built the Suffolk public school system under the leadership of John E. Martin and his predecessors. To hundreds, perhaps thousands here, Miss Eunice will always be not dead, not gone, but just on leave of absence.
Published in the Suffolk News-Herald (Suffolk, Virginia) on March 19, 1940
Devoted 45 Years To Teaching: In Suffolk And Nansemond Co.
Miss Eunice V. Langston, veteran Suffolk and Nansemond county school teacher, died last night at the home of her sister, Mrs. T. O. Palmer, 243 North Main street. Miss Eunice had been ill for sometime. For the past 45 years, Miss Eunice had taught in Nansemond county and in the city. During the immediate past 21 years she had been a member of the faculty of the Thomas Jefferson grammar school. During her long and useful career of service to youth, she taught the majority of native Suffolkians who are adults now. As a mark of respect to the beloved teacher, the Suffolk public schools will "teach through" tomorrow afternoon and student body and faculty will attend the services in a body. The school flag Is flying at half-staff aa a tribute to the beloved teacher. Superintendent S. T. Godbey said that "Miss Langston was a fixture here. Her life was one of service in the enlightenment of the community." She was a member of the Christian Church. Funeral services will be held at the grave tide in Cedar Hill cemetery tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. John 0. Truitt and the Rev. Dr. A. L. Franklin, pastors of the Christian and Main Street Methodist churches, will officiate. Miss Eunice was the daughter of Dempsey and Mrs. Roxana Riddick Langston. She is survived by, In addition to Mrs. Palmer, another sister, Mrs. Rosa L. Byrd of Suffolk.
Published in the Suffolk News-Herald (Suffolk, Virginia) on March 18, 1940 page 1
RITES HELD FOR MISS LANGSTON AT CEDAR HILL
School Children Pay Final Tribute To Veteran Teacher
Funeral service for Miss Eunice Langston, who for 45 years gave her life to the teaching of young people in the public schools of Suffolk and Nansemond county, were held this afternoon at the graveside in Cedar Hill cemetery. The Rev. Dr. A. L. Franklin conducted the services. There were many beautiful floral tributes including handsome designs from the teacher's council and different faculty groups of the city schools. The casket was covered with a pall of lilies and red roses. Active pallbearers included: Taylor Palmer. Jack Palmer, Wilbur Byrd. Dick Schroeder, Ed Ames, Jack Artman, Townsend Artman and Jack West III.
Published in the Suffolk News-Herald (Suffolk, Virginia) on March 19, 1940
EUNICE LANGSTON, ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE
When the late John E. Martin last fall gave the News-Herald a list of teachers composing the faculty of the several units of the Suffolk public school system, he called our attention to the Jefferson school list. An asterisk, the typewriter substitute for a star, stood by the name of Eunice Langston, and a footnote stated simply: "on leave of absence". Yesterday the News-Herald carried an account of the passing of Miss Eunice. The illness which forced her to give up her daily routine of teaching after 35 years in the service of Suffolk, and ten years before that in the schools of Nansemond county, made her leave from routine permanent. Miss. Eunice never quit; she couldn't quit that which was as much a part of her life as food itself. She merely took a rest. No one not native to Suffolk, and not having shared with several hundred local men and women the priceless experience of her guidance and instruction, can say what was the contribution of Miss Eunice to Suffolk. Working through the city's younger children, she helped mold character and helped eager young minds to unfold and grasp the truth and beauty around them. A News-Herald compositor, in handling Miss Eunice's obituary, remarked: "She taught me and all my brothers and sisters, and she taught my father before me. There may be others like her left in the school system, but, right now, I can't recall anyone to mention with Miss Eunice." Miss Eunice made many other contributions to the life of Suffolk which only her friends and close acquaintances knew. She was a quiet, kindly gentlewoman who enlisted in the cause of free public education in Virginia when there was mighty little for the masses. She enlisted for life and devoted her life to a diligent pursuit and promotion of that cause. It was the Miss Eunices who built the Suffolk public school system under the leadership of John E. Martin and his predecessors. To hundreds, perhaps thousands here, Miss Eunice will always be not dead, not gone, but just on leave of absence.
Published in the Suffolk News-Herald (Suffolk, Virginia) on March 19, 1940
Miss Eunice Langston, Veteran Teacher, Dies
Devoted 45 Years To Teaching: In Suffolk And Nansemond Co.
Miss Eunice V. Langston, veteran Suffolk and Nansemond county school teacher, died last night at the home of her sister, Mrs. T. O. Palmer, 243 North Main street. Miss Eunice had been ill for sometime. For the past 45 years, Miss Eunice had taught in Nansemond county and in the city. During the immediate past 21 years she had been a member of the faculty of the Thomas Jefferson grammar school. During her long and useful career of service to youth, she taught the majority of native Suffolkians who are adults now. As a mark of respect to the beloved teacher, the Suffolk public schools will "teach through" tomorrow afternoon and student body and faculty will attend the services in a body. The school flag Is flying at half-staff aa a tribute to the beloved teacher. Superintendent S. T. Godbey said that "Miss Langston was a fixture here. Her life was one of service in the enlightenment of the community." She was a member of the Christian Church. Funeral services will be held at the grave tide in Cedar Hill cemetery tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. John 0. Truitt and the Rev. Dr. A. L. Franklin, pastors of the Christian and Main Street Methodist churches, will officiate. Miss Eunice was the daughter of Dempsey and Mrs. Roxana Riddick Langston. She is survived by, In addition to Mrs. Palmer, another sister, Mrs. Rosa L. Byrd of Suffolk.
Published in the Suffolk News-Herald (Suffolk, Virginia) on March 18, 1940 page 1
RITES HELD FOR MISS LANGSTON AT CEDAR HILL
School Children Pay Final Tribute To Veteran Teacher
Funeral service for Miss Eunice Langston, who for 45 years gave her life to the teaching of young people in the public schools of Suffolk and Nansemond county, were held this afternoon at the graveside in Cedar Hill cemetery. The Rev. Dr. A. L. Franklin conducted the services. There were many beautiful floral tributes including handsome designs from the teacher's council and different faculty groups of the city schools. The casket was covered with a pall of lilies and red roses. Active pallbearers included: Taylor Palmer. Jack Palmer, Wilbur Byrd. Dick Schroeder, Ed Ames, Jack Artman, Townsend Artman and Jack West III.
Published in the Suffolk News-Herald (Suffolk, Virginia) on March 19, 1940
EUNICE LANGSTON, ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE
When the late John E. Martin last fall gave the News-Herald a list of teachers composing the faculty of the several units of the Suffolk public school system, he called our attention to the Jefferson school list. An asterisk, the typewriter substitute for a star, stood by the name of Eunice Langston, and a footnote stated simply: "on leave of absence". Yesterday the News-Herald carried an account of the passing of Miss Eunice. The illness which forced her to give up her daily routine of teaching after 35 years in the service of Suffolk, and ten years before that in the schools of Nansemond county, made her leave from routine permanent. Miss. Eunice never quit; she couldn't quit that which was as much a part of her life as food itself. She merely took a rest. No one not native to Suffolk, and not having shared with several hundred local men and women the priceless experience of her guidance and instruction, can say what was the contribution of Miss Eunice to Suffolk. Working through the city's younger children, she helped mold character and helped eager young minds to unfold and grasp the truth and beauty around them. A News-Herald compositor, in handling Miss Eunice's obituary, remarked: "She taught me and all my brothers and sisters, and she taught my father before me. There may be others like her left in the school system, but, right now, I can't recall anyone to mention with Miss Eunice." Miss Eunice made many other contributions to the life of Suffolk which only her friends and close acquaintances knew. She was a quiet, kindly gentlewoman who enlisted in the cause of free public education in Virginia when there was mighty little for the masses. She enlisted for life and devoted her life to a diligent pursuit and promotion of that cause. It was the Miss Eunices who built the Suffolk public school system under the leadership of John E. Martin and his predecessors. To hundreds, perhaps thousands here, Miss Eunice will always be not dead, not gone, but just on leave of absence.
Published in the Suffolk News-Herald (Suffolk, Virginia) on March 19, 1940
Devoted 45 Years To Teaching: In Suffolk And Nansemond Co.
Miss Eunice V. Langston, veteran Suffolk and Nansemond county school teacher, died last night at the home of her sister, Mrs. T. O. Palmer, 243 North Main street. Miss Eunice had been ill for sometime. For the past 45 years, Miss Eunice had taught in Nansemond county and in the city. During the immediate past 21 years she had been a member of the faculty of the Thomas Jefferson grammar school. During her long and useful career of service to youth, she taught the majority of native Suffolkians who are adults now. As a mark of respect to the beloved teacher, the Suffolk public schools will "teach through" tomorrow afternoon and student body and faculty will attend the services in a body. The school flag Is flying at half-staff aa a tribute to the beloved teacher. Superintendent S. T. Godbey said that "Miss Langston was a fixture here. Her life was one of service in the enlightenment of the community." She was a member of the Christian Church. Funeral services will be held at the grave tide in Cedar Hill cemetery tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. John 0. Truitt and the Rev. Dr. A. L. Franklin, pastors of the Christian and Main Street Methodist churches, will officiate. Miss Eunice was the daughter of Dempsey and Mrs. Roxana Riddick Langston. She is survived by, In addition to Mrs. Palmer, another sister, Mrs. Rosa L. Byrd of Suffolk.
Published in the Suffolk News-Herald (Suffolk, Virginia) on March 18, 1940 page 1
RITES HELD FOR MISS LANGSTON AT CEDAR HILL
School Children Pay Final Tribute To Veteran Teacher
Funeral service for Miss Eunice Langston, who for 45 years gave her life to the teaching of young people in the public schools of Suffolk and Nansemond county, were held this afternoon at the graveside in Cedar Hill cemetery. The Rev. Dr. A. L. Franklin conducted the services. There were many beautiful floral tributes including handsome designs from the teacher's council and different faculty groups of the city schools. The casket was covered with a pall of lilies and red roses. Active pallbearers included: Taylor Palmer. Jack Palmer, Wilbur Byrd. Dick Schroeder, Ed Ames, Jack Artman, Townsend Artman and Jack West III.
Published in the Suffolk News-Herald (Suffolk, Virginia) on March 19, 1940
EUNICE LANGSTON, ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE
When the late John E. Martin last fall gave the News-Herald a list of teachers composing the faculty of the several units of the Suffolk public school system, he called our attention to the Jefferson school list. An asterisk, the typewriter substitute for a star, stood by the name of Eunice Langston, and a footnote stated simply: "on leave of absence". Yesterday the News-Herald carried an account of the passing of Miss Eunice. The illness which forced her to give up her daily routine of teaching after 35 years in the service of Suffolk, and ten years before that in the schools of Nansemond county, made her leave from routine permanent. Miss. Eunice never quit; she couldn't quit that which was as much a part of her life as food itself. She merely took a rest. No one not native to Suffolk, and not having shared with several hundred local men and women the priceless experience of her guidance and instruction, can say what was the contribution of Miss Eunice to Suffolk. Working through the city's younger children, she helped mold character and helped eager young minds to unfold and grasp the truth and beauty around them. A News-Herald compositor, in handling Miss Eunice's obituary, remarked: "She taught me and all my brothers and sisters, and she taught my father before me. There may be others like her left in the school system, but, right now, I can't recall anyone to mention with Miss Eunice." Miss Eunice made many other contributions to the life of Suffolk which only her friends and close acquaintances knew. She was a quiet, kindly gentlewoman who enlisted in the cause of free public education in Virginia when there was mighty little for the masses. She enlisted for life and devoted her life to a diligent pursuit and promotion of that cause. It was the Miss Eunices who built the Suffolk public school system under the leadership of John E. Martin and his predecessors. To hundreds, perhaps thousands here, Miss Eunice will always be not dead, not gone, but just on leave of absence.
Published in the Suffolk News-Herald (Suffolk, Virginia) on March 19, 1940
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