Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawls, Fannie, 1922 

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FANNIE RAWLS

   On Thursday night, April 20, at eight o’clock, at the home of her nephew, Dr. 
Gavin Rawls, Carrsville, Va., Miss Fannie Rawls quietly fell asleep at the age 
of 87 years.

   The funeral was conducted at Beaver Dam Church Saturday, April 22, at 2:30 
p.m. in the presence of a large concourse of friends and relatives who came to 
share in the last tribute of respect to one who was loved and honored by all who 
knew her. The profuse floral offerings attested the high esteem in which she was 
held.

   The pallbearers were John Saunders, Jasper Daughtery, Jesse Duck, A.R. 
Butler, R.D. Britt, W.L. Bryant, J. Rose, S.T. Saunders and Dr. C.J. Bradshaw.

    The services were conducted by her Pastor, Rev. Geo. R. Pankey, assisted by 
Rev. J.D. Harte of Oxford, N.C., Rev. W. Thorburn Clarke of Richmond and Rev. 
J.P. Essex of Newsoms. After the services the body was laid to rest in the 
church cemetery to quietly await the resurrection of the just". 

"Her beautiful soul like a ray of light,/ Has gone to the realms above,/ 
 Where never again comes sorrow of pain,/ In that land of celestial love."


Eliza Frances "Fannie" RAWLS, 
d. 20 Apr 1922, at nephew's home, Carrsville, age 87, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Carrsville, 22 Apr 1922, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 28, 1922, p. 1 

*Beaver Dam list (BD-63), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 


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