Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Birdsong, M. Virginia Batten, 1930 

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Mrs. Birdsong, 83, Is Claimed by Death; Funeral on Tuesday 

  Funeral services for Mrs. A.S. Birdsong, 83, who died Sunday night at 8 
o'clock at the home of her sister, Mrs. Jesse Whitley, on Bosley avenue, will 
be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Antioch Church, conducted by 
Dr. Howard, assisted by the Revs. H.S. Hardcastle, E.B. White and C.E. 
Pleasants. 

  She was the widow of Sidney Birdsong, of Isle of Wight county, and the 
daughter of the late Clement Batten, of that county.  She is survived by three 
sisters, Mrs. Whitley, Mrs. J.A. Branch, of Norfolk, and Mrs. L. Ashburn, of 
Isle of Wight county; one brother, Fenton Batten, of Hampton, and the 
following stepchildren: Thomas H. Birdsong, of this city, Dr. W.S. Birdsong, 
of Courtland, Silas and Rosser Birdsong, of New York, and Miss Nannie 
Birdsong, of this city. 

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Mrs. Birdsong Is Laid to Rest Today 

  Active pallbearers for Mrs. A.S. Birdsong, whose funeral was held today at 2 
o'clock from the Antioch Church in Isle of Wight county were William Birdsong, 
Thomas Birdsong, Trafton Whitley, Martin Whitley, Floyd Batten, W.H. Johnson, 
Robert E. Hodsden, and J.H. Branch.  Honorary pallbearers were Robert A. 
Horne, Dr. R. Lee Seward, George W. Delk, Dr. O.R. Yates, Dr. William T. Gay, 
Leon Lewis, Richard Turner, Eddie Holloman, Tom Land, W.E. Garrison and Robert 
Sadler. 

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SOCIAL 
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  Mrs. Bettie M. Carr, 73, widow of D.M. [sic; D.W.] Carr, died Saturday at 
her home in the county after a long illness.  She is survived by four sons, 
five daughters and a brother, Jesse Thomas of Abingdon, formerly of 
Smithfield.  Funeral services were held at Antioch Christian Church Monday 
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by the Rev. E.B. White.  Burial was in the Church 
cemetery. 

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Martha Virginia (BATTEN; Mrs. Algernon Sidney) BIRDSONG, 
b. 3 Dec 1848*, Smithfield, d. 19 Jan 1930, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery**, near Windsor, 21 Jan 1930, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 273, Mon., Jan. 20, 1930, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 274, Tues., Jan. 21, 1930, p. 8; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 10, No. 41, Thurs., Jan. 23, 1930, p. 6 

**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 

*D.Cert. 1475 (Suffolk #15) gives daughter of William Clements & Elizabeth 
   (CALCOTTE) BATTEN; age & year of birth altered. 

Her husband's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," June 9, 1916) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b632a1ob.txt 

He was a Confederate veteran, having served in Co. F, 3rd Va. Cav., and was 
   wounded & captured at Farmville, Apr 1865. 
   ("Notes on Historical Isle of Wight County, Virginia," citing "Hardesty.") 

D.Cert. 14925 (Hardy #11) 


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