Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Braswell, Stephen J., 1957 

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Funeral Tomorrow For S. J. Braswell 

  SMITHFIELD, June 24 - Funeral services for Stephen Joseph Braswell, 85, 
who died yesterday morning at his home in Isle of Wight County, will be held 
tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at the Antioch Christian Church. 

  Interment will take place in the church cemetery.  The body will be taken 
from the Bullock Funeral Home to the church one hour prior to the services. 

  A retired farmer, Mr. Braswell was a native of the county and a member of 
the Antioch Christian Church. 

  He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Maynard Holland and Mrs. Henry J. 
Whitley, both of Windsor, and Mrs. W.E. Williams, of Franklin; two sons, J. 
Letcher Braswell and Joseph Wesley Braswell, both of Windsor; five step-
daughters, Mrs. Ruth Whitman, of Portsmouth; Mrs. Irene Barnes and Mrs. 
Mildred Evans of Suffolk; Miss Dorothy Brown of New York City, and Mrs. Susan 
Avis, of Alabama; four step-sons, Frank and Clarence E. Brown, both of 
Windsor, George Robert Brown, of Portsmouth, and Charles Brown, Jr., of the 
United States Army, in Guam; a brother, William H. Braswell, of Windsor; nine 
grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. 

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S. J. Braswell, 65, Buried Tuesday In Antioch Cemetery 

  Stephen Joseph Braswell, 65, died Sunday morning at his home in Isle of 
Wight County. 

  He was a retired farmer and a native of Isle of Wight.  He was a member of 
the Antioch Christian Church. 

  Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Maynard Holland, and Mrs. Henry J. 
Whitley, both of Windsor, and Mrs. W.E. Williams of Franklin; two sons, J. 
Letcher Braswell and Joseph Wesley Braswell, both of Windsor; five 
stepdaughters, Mrs. Ruth Pittman, of Portsmouth; Mrs. Irene Barnes and Mrs. 
Mildred Evans, both of Suffolk; Miss Dorothy Brown of New York City, and Mrs. 
Susan Agin, of Alabama; four stepsons, Frank Brown and Clarence Brown of 
Windsor; George R. Brown of Portsmouth, and Charles Brown Jr., with the U.S. 
Army; and a brother, William Braswell of Windsor. 

  Funeral services were held at 3:30 P.M. Tuesday at the Antioch Christian 
Church with burial in the church cemetery.  The body was taken from the 
Bullock Funeral Home one hour before services. 

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Stephen J. Braswell Funeral Is Tuesday 

  SMITHFIELD, June 23 - Stephen Joseph Braswell, 65, died Sunday morning at 
his home in Isle of Wight County. 

  He was a retired farmer and a native of Isle of Wight.  He was a member of 
the Antioch Christian Church. 

  Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Maynard Holland and Mrs. Henry J. 
Whitley, both of Windsor, and Mrs. W.E. Williams of Franklin; two sons, J. 
Letcher Braswell and Joseph Wesley Braswell, both of Windsor; five step-
daughters, Mrs. Ruth Pitman, Portsmouth; Mrs. Irene Barnes and Mrs. Mildred 
Evans, both of Suffolk; Miss Dorothy Brown, New York City, and Mrs. Susan 
Agin, Alabama; four step-sons, Frank Brown and Clarence Brown, both of 
Windsor; George R. Brown, Portsmouth, and Charles Brown Jr., with the U.S. 
Army; and a brother, William Braswell, Windsor. 

  Funeral will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Antioch Christian Church 
with burial in the church cemetery.  The body will be taken from the Bullock 
Funeral Home to the church one hour before services. 


Stephen Joseph "Joe" BRASWELL, retired farmer, 
b. 6 Jun 1892, Isle of Wight Co., d. 23 Jun 1957, at home, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 25 Jun 1957, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 35, No. 149, Mon., June 24, 1957, p. 3; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 34, No. 5, Thurs., June 27, 1957, p. 1; 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
   posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104824002 by Shirley Ann Denmark; 
   gravestone photo added by Ron Stewart 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His parents, "Jim" James J. & Media Ann (JOHNSON) BRASWELL, and all 3 of his 
   wives, are also buried there; only his second wife, Martha Alberta "Berta" 
   (BRADSHAW) BRASWELL is marked, of the five. 

D.Cert. 15257 (Newport #3) 

The (donated, 1917) obit of his first wife, "Ballie" Alberta Dora (BUTLER) 
   BRASWELL, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b624b1ob.txt 


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