Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawls, Annie M. Ashburn, 1948 

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ANNIE ASHBURN RAWLS 

   Mrs. Annie Ashburn Rawls, 71, widow of Lafayette Rawls of Holland, died in 
Richmond at 4:45 p.m. on Friday, February 6.  She had been in ill health for a 
long time.

   She is survived by three sons, Emmett L. Rawls of Holland, and James A. and 
Peter E. Rawls of Richmond, and by six grandchildren.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Rawls were conducted Monday afternoon at 1:30 
o’clock at Beaver Dam Baptist Church, with Rev. H.L. Foster and Dr. C.P. 
Anderson officiating.  The choir of the church sang the hymns, "Rock Of Ages" 
and "My Faith Looks Up To Thee," and Mrs. Vernon Holland sang a solo, 
"Sunrise."  Burial was in the church cemetery, with the following serving as 
pallbearers: Thomas Ashburn, William Jones, Lawrence Jones, Felton Rawls, Parks 
Ashburn, William Darden and Jasper Daughtrey.


Annie Mary (ASHBURN; Mrs. Lafayette) RAWLS, of Holland, 
b. 25 Sep 1876, Buckhorn, d. 6 Feb 1948, Richmond, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Franklin, 9 Feb 1948, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 13, 1948, p. 8 

*Beaver Dam list (BD-65), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

Birthplace &c. from D.Cert. 3221 (Richmond #321). 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Jan. 4 & 6, 1947, p. 3) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/r420l7ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery, 
   Nansemond Co. 


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