Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Braswell, M. Surrell, 1978 

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Mills S. Braswell 

  WINDSOR - Mills Surrell Braswell, 67, died Wednesday in Southampton Memorial 
Hospital.  He resided at 36 W. Windsor Blvd. 

  He was the husband of Mrs. Katherine Branch Braswell and son of the late 
William H. and Nora Brinkley Braswell. 

  He was a member of Antioch Christian Church, Suffolk Moose Lodge 141, 
Woodman of the World, Central Hill Hunt Club and was a retired painter. 

  Besides his widow he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Dottie B. McFatter 
of Franklin and Miss Mary Katherine Braswell of Windsor; four sons, Surrell 
G., Mills A., and Mills S. Braswell Jr. , all of Windsor and E. Wayne Braswell 
of Zuni; one sister, Mrs. Mary B. Turner of Suffolk; one brother, John H. 
Braswell of Portsmouth; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild. 

  Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Sidney F. Harrell 
Funeral Home conducted by the Rev. Ernest Pettis.  Burial will be in Windsor 
Cemetery. 

  The family will be at the funeral home Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. for 
visitation. 


Mills Surrell BRASWELL, Sr., retired painter, 
b. 31 Jan 1911*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 1 Nov 1978, Franklin, 
interred in Windsor Cemetery*, 3 Nov 1978, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 56, No. 263, Thurs., Nov. 2, 1978, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #26: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone - added by John Shuck - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #93614651; it also shows b. 31 Jan 1911. 

D.Cert. 78-033513 

His WW-II draft card gives b. 31 Jan 1909. 

His parents 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 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His father's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," Feb. 1962) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b624w1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Feb. 6, 1947, p. 3) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b624n2ob.txt 

He 1m. Ethel Frances BRADSHAW (1906 - 1997) May 1, 1931 in Windsor; they div. 
   in 1961.  She is buried with her parents in Black Creek Baptist Church 
   Cemetery (BC-7 & -4). 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Black Creek list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 


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