Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lane, Benjamin H., 1942 

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BENJAMIN H. LANE 

   B.H. Lane, prominent Ivor citizen and merchant for many years, died at his 
home Wednesday morning after a lingering illness.  Mr. Lane was 76 years old. 
He was a life-long member of the Ivor Christian Church and for 25 years was 
superintendent of the Sunday school.  He also served as deacon in the church 
and as Sunday school teacher.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Naomi Varner Lane; a daughter, Miss 
Mildred Varner; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Barrett of Windsor, and several nieces 
and nephews.

   Services were conducted by the Rev. B.H. Watkins of Hickory, assisted by 
Dr. Elwood W. Jones of Franklin, Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. 
Pallbearers were D.H. Pulley, R.W. Pulley, H.W. Stephenson, W.C. Rawls, F.T. 
Joyner and Hugh Williams, interment being in Mt. Carmel Christian Church 
Cemetery.


Benjamin H. LANE, merchant, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 21 Oct 1942, at home, Ivor, age 76, 
interred in Mount Carmel Christian Church Cemetery*, Walters, 
   22 Oct 1942, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 23, 1942, p. 5 

*Mount Carmel list - an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 

His marriage record - 

Benjamin H. Lane, 47, s, So.Co., So.Co., Merchant, 
   s/o Bennett E. and Nancy Virginia Johnson Lane 
07-29-1915 Southampton County, Virginia by Rev. W.W. Staley 
Naomi E. Varner, 35, w, IOW Co., So.Co., 
   d/o Stephen A. and Ann Hester Edwards Eley 
(Southampton Co. MB16:99; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

139. 07/29/1915, Southampton, by W.W. Staley 
B.H. Lane, 47, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o B.E. & N.V. Lane, Merchant 
Naomi E. Varner, 35, widowed, b. Isle of Wight, res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o S.A. & A.H. Eley 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb16pt.txt) 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 25, 1969, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/l500n3ob.txt 

She is buried in Ivor Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Ivor list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 18, 1918, p. 6), with his sister's 
   marriage record {which gives "Mittie," not Minnie} appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/l500n2ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/l500b1ob.txt