Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameWaverly “Zack” Lunsford
Birth24 May 1885, Petersburg, Virginia
Death29 Jan 1952, 305 Temple Avenue, Colonial Heights, Virginia
Burial31 Jan 1952, Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia
OccupationBricklayer
Documentation
“Waverly Lunsford married Mary W. Boughan Jan. 10th. 1911” [Boughan family Bible at the Virginia State Archives, Acc. 24166]

1920 U.S. Census, Dinwiddie County, Virginia
City of Petersburg
Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 85
Sheet 2B
1128 Farmer Street
Dwelling 23, Family 23
Lunsford, Waverly, head, owns house free of mortgage, male, white, 35, married, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, brick mason for construction company, wage worker
Lunsford, Mary, wife, female, white, 41, married, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation
Lunsford, Robert, son, male, white, 8, single, in school, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation
Lunsford, Julia, daughter, female, white, 6, single, in school, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation
Lunsford, Ethel, daughter, female, white, 5-5/12[?], single, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation
Lunsford, Dorothy, daughter, female, white, 4-1/12, single, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation
Lunsford, Audrey, daughter, female, white, 2-6/12, single, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation
Lunsford, Infant, son, male, white, 1-2/12, single, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation

On 29 January 1952, Waverly Lunsford died at 305 Temple Avenue, Colonial Heights, Matoaca District, Chesterfield County, Virginia. He was male; white; married; born 24 May 1884; age 67; occupation retired bricklayer; born in Petersburg, Virginia; citizen of U.S.A.; father was William Zebedee Lunsford; mother was Julia Katherine Tucker; wife was Mary Wood Lunsford; informant was Mrs. Waverly Lunsford of Colonial Heights, Virginia; cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage (10 minutes) due to generalized arteriosclerosis, other significant factor chronic myocariditia; attended by physician from September 1951 to 29 January 1952, last seen 30 December 1951, death occurred at 7:00 p.m.; burial on 31 January 1952 at Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 115.]

A headstone at Bladford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia, states: Waverly Lunsford — May 24, 1884 — Jan. 22, 1952. [Find A Grave Memorial #80615492, contributed by Chris and Sally Baughn.]
Spouses
Birth22 Sep 1878, Essex County, Virginia
Death20 Sep 1965, 305 Temple Avenue, Colonial Heights, Virginia
BurialBlandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia
FatherJohn Gabriel Boughan (1853-1932)
MotherGeorgeanna Taylor (1850-1938)
Marriage10 Jan 1911
ChildrenRobert Waverly (1912-1978)
 Julia Anna (1913-)
 Ethel May (1914-1992)
 Dorothy Wood (1915-2007)
 Audrey Ellen (1917-2018)
 Charles Henry (1919-1996)
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