Isle of Wight-Greensville-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bracey, James F., 1970 

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JAMES FRANKLIN BRACEY 

   A funeral service for James Franklin Bracey was conducted Saturday at 2 
p.m. in Beaver Dam Baptist church by the Rev. Edwin C. Thornton Jr.  Burial 
was in the church cemetery with W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home in charge.

   Pallbearers were Roland Whitley, Elwood Gavin, Matthew Duke, Rice Day, 
William Garrisom, Tilman Jenkins, William Rose, John Edward Rose and Walter 
Johnson.

   Bracey, 72, died early Thursday in Greensville Memorial Hospital after a 
long illness.

   A native of Southampton County, he lived near Carrsville until 1964, when 
he moved to Emporia.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Cora Carr Bracey and a son of Jacob H. and Mrs. 
Sarah Garrison Bracey.

   He was a member and former deacon of Beaver Dam Baptist church and a member 
of its Men’s Bible Class.

   Besides his widow, surviving are a son, James F. Bracey Jr. of Holland; two 
daughters, Mrs. Sarah Harris of Emporia and Miss Mildred Bracey of Petersburg; 
a brother, Martin L. Bracey of Baltimore; five grandchildren; and two great-
grandchildren.


James Franklin BRACEY (Sr.), of Emporia, formerly of near Carrsville, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 24 Sep 1970, Emporia, age 72, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Franklin, 26 Sep 1970, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 28, 1970 

*Beaver Dam list (BD-7), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," June 4, 1987, p. 7A) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b620c4ob.txt 

His parents are buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin- Sect. 2, Plot 27B. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 12, 1938, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b620j5ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 19, 1937) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b620s1ob.txt 


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