Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawles, Richard H. Jr., 1982 

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RICHARD HOLMES RAWLES JR. 

   SUFFOLK - A funeral service for Richard (Dick) Holmes Rawles Jr., 60, 
was held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery by the 
Rev. W.A. Grissom and Richard L. Peerey.  Masonic rites were accorded at 
graveside by Franklin Lodge No. 151.  Wright Funeral Home was in charge.

   Rawles died Wednesday in a convalescent home.

   A native of Franklin, he was the husband of Zella Rose Rawles and was 
an Army veteran of World War II.  He was employed by Union Camp Corp. for 
26 years and had retired from Southwest Forestry Lumber Co. as personal 
[sic; personnel] director.

   He was a member of First Southern Baptist Church of Avondale, Ariz., 
Elzaribah Shrine Temple of Phoenix and Order of Scottish Rites of Tucson. 
He was a past master of Masonic Lodge No. 151, A.F. and A.M.X, and a past 
patron of Order of the Eastern Star No. 128, both in Franklin.  He was a 
past president of Coconinio Shrine Club of Arizona and was a Rotarian.

   Other survivors include two daughters, Carolyn R. Jones of Windsor and 
Peggy R. Syndergaard of Rock Springs, Wyo.; a sister, Jeanette R. Weems 
of Norfolk; and four grandchildren.


"Dick" Richard Holmes RAWLES, Jr., retired lumberman, Army veteran of WW-II, 
Franklin native, d. 19 May 1982, Suffolk, age 60, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Franklin, 22 May 1982, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 24, 1982, p. 11 

*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 

His parents, Richard H. & A. Estelle (COPELAND) RAWLES, are buried in 
   Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin - Annex 2, Plot 17. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 8, 1963, I-4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/r420r10o.txt 


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