Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Horne, Mollie L. Bowden, 1944 

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Long Illness Takes Mrs. Mollie Horne 

  Mrs. Mollie L. Horne, 46 years of age, wife of L.H. Horne, died at 5:30 a.m. 
today, at a local hospital following a long illness.  The body was removed to 
the funeral home of I.O. Hill and Company where it will remain until 1:45 
p.m., Thursday, at which time the procession will leave for Antioch Christian 
Church where funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 by the Rev. Fred T. 
Wright and Dr. John G. Truitt.  Interment will be in the Antioch Church 
Cemetery. 

  Mrs. Horne is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Herman Bowen, 
Wakefield; Mrs. Gilmer Ellis, Suffolk; a son, Corp. Louis E. Boyette, U.S. 
Army, Columbia, S.C.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Margaret Raines, Waynesboro; two 
grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. S.J. Pruett, Suffolk; Mrs. L.T. Thorne, 
Franklin; Mrs. H.T. Thorne, Smithfield; Mrs. R.H. Dickerson, Windsor; four 
brothers, Solomon, Willie and Lee Bowden, Suffolk; and Frank Bowden, Richmond; 
a number of nieces and nephews. 

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Horne Funeral is Held at Antioch 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Mollie L. Horne were conducted yesterday afternoon 
at 2:30 o'clock at Antioch Christian Church by Rev. Fred T. Wright, assisted 
by Dr. J.G. Truitt. 

  The casket was covered with a pall of fern and pink and white carnations. 
The church choir sang "Sweet Bye and Bye," accompanied by Mrs. E.R. Nelms. 
"Life's Railway to Heaven" was sung by Mrs. H.E. Pierce, and "Meet Me There," 
a duet, by Mrs. H.E. Pierce and Rev. T. Fred Wright. 

  Active pallbearers were James R. Horne, Elton Horne, Rossie McClenny, Clyde 
Johnson, Ocie Powell, and Lee Bowden, Jr.  Honorary were friends of the 
family.  Burial was in the church cemetery. 

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Mrs. M. L. Horne Buried Thursday 

  Mrs. Mollie L. Horne, 46, died at 5:30 AM Feb. 1st at a Suffolk hospital 
after a long illness.  Surviving are her husband, L.H. Horne of Suffolk; two 
daughters, Mrs. Herman Bowden of Wakefield; Mrs. Gilmer Ellis of Suffolk; a 
son, Corp. Louis E. Boyette, U.S. Army, stationed at Columbia, S.C.; two 
grandchildren; four brothers, Solomon, William and Lee Bowden of Suffolk; 
Frank Bowden of Richmond; four sisters, Mrs. S.J. Pruitt of Suffolk; Mrs. 
L.T. Thorne of Franklin; Mrs. H.T. Thomas of Smithfield; Mrs. R.H. Dickerson 
of Windsor; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Margaret Raines of Waynesboro. 

  Funeral services were conducted at Antioch Christian Church on Thursday at 
2:30 PM by the pastor, the Rev. T. Fred Wright and Dr. John G. Truitt, pastor 
of Suffolk Christian Church.  Burial was in the church cemetery. 


Mollie Lucille (BOWDEN BOYETTE; Mrs. Letcher H.*) HORNE, 
b. 2 Jan 1898, Isle of Wight Co., d. 1 Feb 1944, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 3 Feb 1944, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 21, No. 264, Tues., Feb. 1, 1944, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 21, No. 267, Fri., Feb. 4, 1944, p. 8; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 26, No. 46, Tues., Feb. 8, 1944, p. 1 

*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 her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104920552. 

Her first husband, John Thomas BOYETTE (1898 - 1930), is likely also buried 
   there, unmarked.  His D.Cert. 7155 (Hopewell #33) gives buried in Windsor. 

D.Cert. 3675 (Suffolk #36) gives b. Southampton Co. 

Her parents, Jas. Richard & "Jennie" Virginia Alice Louise (BRADSHAW) BOWDEN, 
   are likely buried unmarked in the BOWDEN family cemetery on Sandpit Rd. 
   Her brother Solomon Richard BOWDEN (1893 - 1946) & family are buried there, 
   and there are at least 15 unmarked graves.  {IWCHS GSSTF report #105} 

She was the second wife of Letcher H. HORNE.  His middle name appears 
   variously - Hinton, Hampton, Hunton, Hinter, &c. 

His obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Aug. 13, 1969, p. 14) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h650l2ob.txt 


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