Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Arrington, Mabel M. Galtress, 1967 

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MRS. MABEL ARRINGTON

  CARRSVILLE- Mrs. Mabel Galtress Arrington, 54, wife of Charlie J. Arrington, 
died Tuesday at her home after a long illness.  She was the daughter of Mrs. 
Tena Raiford Galtress* and the late William R. Galtress of Southampton Co. 
A member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church and a member of the Faithful Workers 
Class, she was a salesclerk and buyer for Leggett's Department Store, Franklin.

  Surviving besides her mother and husband, are three daughter's, Mrs. Inell 
Rutledge of Carrsville, Mrs. Carolyn Clifford and Mrs. Tena Goodson of 
Franklin; two sons, Charlie J. Arrington Jr. of Courtland and H. Eugene 
Arrington of Arlington; five sisters, Mrs. L.B. Adams of Sedley, Mrs. M.L. 
Duke of Ivor, Mrs. R.L. Denson of Suffolk, Mrs. Charles Travis of Alexandria, 
and Mrs. R.B. Vaughan of Franklin; and four brothers, Thomas Galtress and 
George Galtress of Franklin, R.A. Galtress of Sedley and Norman M. Boykins of 
Wakefield, and grandchildren.

  A funeral service will be held in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Friday at 3 p.m. 
by the Rev. Edwin C. Thornton, pastor and the Rev. Allen Lawrence, pastor of 
Newsoms Baptist Church.  Burial will be in the church cemetery.

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MABEL GALTRESS ARRINGTON

   CARRSVILLE - A funeral service for Mrs. Mabel Galtress Arrington is 
scheduled for Friday at 3 p.m. in Beaver Dam Baptist Church by the Rev. Edwin 
C. Thornton Jr., pastor of the church and the Rev. Allen Lawrence of Newsoms 
Baptist Church.  Burial will be in Beaver Dam Church Cemetery.

   Mrs. Arrington, 54, wife of Charles J. Arrington, died Tuesday afternoon 
at her home after an illness for several months.

   She was the daughter of Mrs. Tena Raiford Galtress*, and the late William 
R. Galtress, of Southampton County.  A member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church, 
and the Faithful Worders Class.  Mrs. Arrington was sales clerk and buyer for 
the Leggetts Department Store in Franklin.

   Surviving besides her husband and mother are three daughters: Mrs. Inell 
Pulley, Carrsville; Mrs. Caronly Clifford and Mrs. Tena Goodson, both of 
Franklin.  Two sons: Charlie J. Arrington Jr., Courtland, and H. Eugene 
Arrington, Arlington.  Six grandchildren; five sisters: Mrs. L.B. Adams, 
Sedley; Mrs. M.L. Duke, Ivor; Mrs. R.L. Denson, Suffolk; Mrs. Charles Travis, 
Alexandria; and Mrs. R.B. Vaughan, Franklin.  Four brothers: Thomas and George 
H. Galtress, both of Franklin, R.A. Galtress, Sedley, and Norman M. Boykin, 
Wakefield.


Mabel Mae (GALTRESS; Mrs.  Charles J. Sr.) ARRINGTON, 
salesclerk and buyer for Leggett's Department Store, Franklin, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 8 Aug 1967, age 54, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery**, near Franklin, 11 Aug 1967, 
"The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Wed., Aug. 9, 1967; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 10, 1967, p. 7 

**Beaver Dam list (BD-1), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

Find a Grave Mem. #123373945. 

Additional information: 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 10, 1979) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/a652c1ob.txt 

*While both obits state Mabel was survived by her mother, Effie Tena 
   (RAIFORD) GALTRESS died from a miscarriage in 1925, and is buried 
   with her namesake infant (premature), a son, & Willie's parents, 
   in a GALTRESS family cemetery, on Cottage Hill Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries Vol. 7 (VII-43): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt 

Effie Tena's parents are buried in the RAIFORD-MUNFORD family cemetery 
   on Appleton Rd., near Corinth. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries Vol. 8 (VIII-8): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt 

Mabel's father, William Richard "Willie" GALTRESS, is buried in 
   Southampton Memorial Park - Devotion I, Plot 60; 
   her brothers Thomas & Richard are buried in adjacent Plot 61; 
   her brother George is buried in Devotion II, Plot 49. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Southampton Memorial Park list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

Willie's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 19, 1968, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g436w1ob.txt 


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