Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Braswell, C. Lofton, 1936 

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Killed 

AUTO FIRE FATAL IN ISLE OF WIGHT 

Body of Loften Braswell Found on Road Near Windsor, By Neighbor. 

  Loften [sic; Lofton] Braswell, aged about 30 years, and well-known resident 
of Isle of Wight County, living two miles from Windsor, was burned to death 
Tuesday morning while asleep in his automobile on a side road near his home. 

  The burned car with the charred body was found by Ocie Powell early this 
morning as Mr. Powell, who lives near the scene of the tragedy, came from his 
home. 

  Mr. Braswell, it is believed, got his car in the ditch, where it was found 
by Mr. Powell, and being unable to get out unaided, climbed the back seat and 
went to sleep.  Either Mr. Braswell was smoking or the car caught from the 
engine and burned completely. 

  Mr. Braswell is survived by his wife, who before marriage was Miss Cobb, and 
3 small children, Thomas, May and a baby. 

  The body was viewed by Dr. Rea Parker of Smithfield, county coroner, and was 
investigated by Isle of Wight authorities. 


Charles Lofton [BROWN] BRASWELL, farmer, 
b. 4 Jul 1908, Isle of Wight Co., d. 23 Nov 1936, Hwy. 44, near Windsor, 
interred in the BRASWELL family cemetery*, 23 Nov 1936, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 17, No. 37, Thurs., Nov. 26, 1936, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

His birth father, Charles Benjamin BROWN (1869 - 1939), adoptive parents, 
   Nathaniel Thomas & Amanda Melvina (PIERCE) BRASWELL, & in-laws are buried 
   in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor. 
   Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

His birth father is apparently unmarked; not on: 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

D.Cert. 30862 (Newport #8) gives BRAZELL. 

Site of the BRASWELL family cemetery not known (Sep 2022) to the IWCHS or 
   SCHS Cemetery Project. 

His family appeared in the 1930 Census in Newport Dist., IoW.Co. on 
   General farm #69. 

His widow, Anna Pearl COBB (1909 - 1974), daughter of Benjamin Madison & 
   Martha Pearl (BARRETT) COBB, 2m. Charlie JOYNER (1916 - 1994), 22 Dec 1938, 
   in Suffolk.  (IoW.Co. #112) 
   They are buried in Woodland Methodist Church Cemetery. {IWCHS GSSTF #24} 

His birth father's obits ("Weekly News" & "Smithfield Times," Nov. 1939) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b650c2ob.txt 


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