Dorothy Byrum Holland
Nov 22, 2007
Dorothy Marie Byrum Holland, 77, departed this life on November 22, 2007 in Southampton Memorial Hospital. She was born November 24, 1929, to the late Oscar and Selma Archer Byrum. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. T. Holland and her sister, Lois Byrum Hill of Portsmouth. Mrs. Holland was a native of Suffolk and a member of...
Franklin Leonidas Davis, Iii
Nov 17, 2007
Courtland – Franklin Lon Davis, III, 64, died November 17, 2007. He was born in Southampton County, the son of the late Adelle Barkley and Frank L. Davis, Jr. Lon was retired from Union Camp Corporation as a Quality Control Inspector after 40 years service, and a member of Courtland United Methodist Church. He was an avid hunter and a...
Golden Outland Griffin
Nov 15, 2007
Courtland – Zelphia Golden Outland Griffin, 85, died November 15, 2007. She was born in Johnson County, NC, a daughter of the late James Milton and Isabel Little Outland. Besides a wonderful homemaker, Mrs. Griffin had formerly worked at St. Regis, Birdsong Peanuts, the Tidewater News, and Thomas Printing. She was a member of the Church of God. Survivors include...
Marian Mccain Magee
Nov 13, 2007
Franklin–Marian McCain Magee, 78, widow of John J. Magee, Jr., passed away November 13, 2007. Marian was born in Charlotte N.C., a daughter of the late Fillmore Hugh and Mabel Lewis McCain. She was a retired accountant for Franklin Equipment Company and a member of Franklin Baptist Church where she was a former Sunday school teacher and member of the...
James Walter Holt
Nov 13, 2007
Zuni – James Walter Holt, 62, died November 13, 2007 at his residence. He was born in Mabscott, WV., the son of the late James Wesley and Hazel Chapman Holt. He was a retired Army veteran of the Viet Nam era and was retired from Union Camp with 27 years service as a maintenance millwright. He was a member of...
Sue Overman Duck
Nov 11, 2007
Franklin – Sue Overman Duck, 90, died Sunday, November 11, 2007 in Southampton Memorial Hospital following a short illness. She was born in Courtland, a daughter of the late Ella Mae Yates and Gideon David Overman, Sr., grew up in Holland, and moved to Franklin as a young woman where she met and married Needham Timothy Duck. She was a...
Allen Hickman Allison
Nov 10, 2007
Franklin – Allen Hickman Allison, 81, died November 10, 2007. He was born in Jewel Ridge, Va., a son of the late James Abner and Margaret Brown Allison. Mr. Allison was predeceased by his wife of 48 years, Betty Parker Allison, a brother, Jim Allison, and his step-mother, Rachel Oglesby Allison. He attended the Virginia Military Institute and left to...
Ina Lord Burgess
Nov 10, 2007
Sedley – Ina Lord Burgess, 83, widow of James Wilton "Bill" Burgess, died November 10, 2007 at her son's residence. She was assistant to the Southampton Memorial Hospital administrator, Gerald W. DeHaven and retired after 27years service. Mrs. Burgess was a member of the Order of Eastern Star where she was a former Worthy Matron and the Franklin Business and...
Charlie H. Smith
Nov 9, 2007
Capron – Charlie Henry Smith, Jr., 84, a former resident of Henrico County, died November 9, 2007 at his residence. He was born in Caswell County, N. C., a son of the late Florence Hope and Charlie Henry Smith, Sr. He was predeceased by his first wife, Lydia Mixon Smith; a companion of 22 years, Louise Lucas; two sisters, Nannie...
Beulah Cheek Head
Nov 9, 2007
Courtland – Beulah Cheek Head, 84, died November 9, 2007. She was born in Winston-Salem, NC. and retired from Southampton Memorial Hospital Housekeeping Department. Left to cherish her memory is her husband of 38 years, Roy Head; a daughter, Cathy Hutchins of Franklin; two sons, James Hutchins of Winston-Salem, NC. and Ellis Hutchins of King, NC.; two sisters, Betty Hinson...
Ola Mae Carr
Nov 8, 2007
Walters-Ola Mae Carr, 84, died November 8, 2007. She was a daughter of the late Willie Wellons and Dana Mae Carr and was a member of Mt. Carmel Christian Church and its' choir. Survivors include a sister, Virgie J. Duke of Walters; two nieces, Wendy Stephenson and husband Donald of Walters and Penny C. Duke of Windsor; two great-nieces, Dana...
Roger Garvin Edwards
Nov 8, 2007
Capron – Roger Garvin Edwards, TSgt, USAF, Ret., 84, died November 8, 2007. He was born in Southampton County, a son of the late Roger George and Stella Maddox Edwards. Roger was a Navigator/Gunner on B-24s during WW II and later a missile technician in the Air Force. He also was a retired security officer at the Southampton Correctional Center....
Mabel L. Lowe
Nov 7, 2007
Ivor – Mabel L. Lowe, 86, widow of Haywood Garland Lowe, Sr., passed away November 7, 2007. She was a lifelong resident of Southampton County and a member of Black Creek Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Peggy L. Davis and husband Raymond of Courtland and Rosalind Faye Lowe of Portsmouth; a son, H. Garland Lowe Jr. and wife Gina...
William Davis Whitehead
Nov 6, 2007
SEDLEY - William Davis (Billy) Whitehead, of Sedley, Virginia, was born in Franklin, Virginia, December 7, 1950. He passed away in his family home in Sedley and went to be with God November 6, 2007. He was predeceased by his father Alvin Frank Whitehead and sister- in-law Betty Jo Harrell Whitehead. He leaves behind his mother, Marjorie Davis Whitehead, his...
Bertram Arthur Graham
Nov 6, 2007
Drewryville – Bertram Arthur Graham, 71, died November 6, 2007. He was born in Ovid, N. Y., a son of the late John and Agnes Spencer Graham. Mr. Graham was a retired U. S. Navy CPO with 26 years service during the Viet Nam Era and a retired welder with the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Rosekrans...
Blanche Bella Anderson
Nov 6, 2007
Suffolk – Blanche Bella Anderson, 97, died November 6, 2007 at her residence. She was born In Fitchburg, Ma., one of seven children of the late Alphonse and Melvina Normandin. She was the widow of Theodore Pius Anderson and was a Catholic. Survivors include one daughter, Diane Joan Cole of Suffolk; one brother Robert Normandin of Ocalla, Fl.; seven grandchildren;...
Virginia Prince Barkley
Nov 2, 2007
Severn, N.C. – Virginia Prince Barkley, 83, went to be with the Lord November 2, 2007. She was born in Southampton County, Va., a daughter of the late Eppa Beale Prince, Sr. and Bessie Drewry Prince. Upon her graduation from Longwood College, she taught for approximately ten years in Waverly, Franklin, Oceana, and Alexandria, Va. She was a faithful member...
Albert Herman Allen
Oct 29, 2007
Carrsville – Albert Herman Allen, 81, died October 29, 2007. He was born in Robeson County, N. C., a son of the late Roy Sam and Flowers Walters Allen. He was machine tender at # 3 paper machine with Union Camp Corporation for 37 years. Mr. Allen was a sergeant in the Army during WWII, serving in the 30th Infantry...
Mary Alice Joyner
Oct 28, 2007
Courtland – Mary Alice Joyner, 84, of Courtland, Virginia, died October 28, 2007, in Southampton Memorial Hospital in Franklin, Virginia. Born in Courtland, Virginia to the late James Henry and Grace Turner Joyner and was preceded in death by her brother, James Henry Joyner, Jr. A retired psychiatric social worker for Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals in Virginia, she graduated from...
Elizabeth Griffith Hayes
Oct 26, 2007
Como NC – Elizabeth Griffith Hayes, 98, widow of Horace Hayes, died October 26, 2007 at the East Pavilion. Born in Murfreesboro, NC, she was one of thirteen children of the late William H. and Mae Hines Griffith. She was predeceased by her son, Cecil Hayes. Survivors include a daughter in-law, Barbara Hayes of Franklin; two grandchildren, Melisa Hayes of...
