Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawls, Owen R., 1929 

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Owen H. [sic; R.] Rawls Dies At Zuni Residence 

  Owen R. Rawls, aged 61 years, died at his residence in Zuni Thursday morning 
at 6 o'clock, after an illness of a year.  He was stricken with a second 
stroke of paralysis a few days ago and never rallied. 

  He was the son of the late Richard H. Rawls and Mary Kilby Rawls of 
Southampton county.  Mr. Rawls is survived by his wife, Lizzie Pierce Rawls, 
and one son, Robert H. Rawls, and the following brothers and sisters: Mr. R.F. 
Rawls of Burkeville, Va.; Robert H., and Hugh M. Rawls, of Richmond, Va.; 
Willie Rawls, of Ivor; Mrs. S.J. Hopkins, Norfolk, and Mrs. J.R. Rollings, 
Surry, Va. 

  Funeral services were conducted on Thursday by Rev. W.A. Harwood and Rev. 
Vernon L. Fisher of Zuni.  Interment was in Antioch cemetery. 


Owen Robert RAWLS, retired farmer, 
b. 5 Oct 1868, Southampton Co., d. 13 Nov 1929, at home, Zuni, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 14 Nov 1929, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 220, Sat., Nov. 16, 1929, p. 3 

*Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical 
   Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

Owen & Lizzie were omitted from Isle of Wight County Historical Society 
   {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of their gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorials #104822744 
   & #104822770. 

They m. 15 Jul 1914 in Suffolk (IoW.Co. m.lic.). 

His father & mother "Mollie" Mary A. (JOHNSON) RAWLS m. 27 Dec 1899. 
   (Southampton Co. MB10:68) 

D.Cert. originally issued in Berlin & Ivor Dist., Southampton Co. - corrected 
   to Isle of Wight Co.; 31161 & 31163 corrected to 29537. 

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


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