Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Fulham, Charles E., 1971 

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CHARLES ELDON FULGHAM 

  WINDSOR - Charles Eldon Fulham, 73, vice-president and a director of 
Farmer's Bank of Windsor, died Thursday night in Norfolk General Hospital. 

  He was the husband of Mrs. Fannie Bell Maynard Fulgham and son of the late 
John A. Fulgham and Mrs. Janie Rawles Fulgham. 

  A native of Southampton County, he was a retired 40-year mail carrier for 
the postal department. 

  He was a member of Windsor Christian Church and the Baraca Class and a 
honorary member of the Ruritan Club. 

  He was a 50-year member of Blackwater Masonic Lodge No. 134, 50-year member 
of the Purdie Masonic Lodge No. 170 and district instructor of Masonic 
District No. 31. 

  Besides his wife, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Linda Fulgham Spivey 
of Chesapeake; and one brother, John Rawles Fulgham of Windsor. 

  A funeral service will be conducted at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Sidney F. 
Harrell Funeral Home by the Rev. G. Arthur Knauer.  Burial will be in Antioch 
Christian Church Cemetery with Masonic rites at the grave. 

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CHARLES ELDON FULGHAM 

  Funeral services for Charles Eldon Fulgham, who died Thursday, were held at 
4 p.m. Saturday at Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home by the Rev. G. Arthur 
Knauer.  Burial was in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery with masonic rites. 

  Pallbearers were J.R. Fulgham Jr., Dr. W.M. Fulgham, Eldon Charles Fulgham, 
Franklin H. Spivey, J. Carl Wilroy Jr., G.E. Strickland, Richard J. Holland, 
and Robert C. Claud. 


Charles Eldon FULGHAM, banker, retired mail carrier, 
b. 23 May 1897, Ivor, Southampton Co., d. 20 May 1971, Norfolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 22 May 1971, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 49, No. 121, Fri., May 21, 1971, p. 2; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 49, No. 122, Sun., May 23, 1971, p. 16 

*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 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #90777942. 

His parents & paternal grandparents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 71-013838 

His widow's obit ("Smithfield Times," Aug. 8, 1990, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/f425f1ob.txt 

His mother's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," Sep. 1949) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/f425j1ob.txt 

His paternal grandfather Charles T. FULGHAM was a Confederate veteran, serving 
   Feb-Jul 1862 in Co. E, 9th VA Infantry, then in Co. A, 19th Battalion VA 
   Heavy Artillery, being paroled at the end of the war.  Disabled by age & 
   rheumatism, he applied for a pension 3 Feb 1910. 


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