Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Umphlett, Rosa F. Carr, 1931 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ROSA CARR UMPHLET [sic; UMPHLETT] Mrs. Rosa Umphlet, wife of W.W. Umphlet of this community, died at her home February 11, in the 42nd year of her life. She is survived by her husband; five children; a brother, J.C. Carr of the Franklin community; two half- brothers, Willie Joyner of Suffolk and Solomon Joyner of Petersburg, and one half-sister, Mrs. Lizzie Dalton of Petersburg. Mrs. Umphlet was a loyal and consistent member of Union Christian Church, and a faithful and self-sacrificing wife and mother. Interment was made in Beaver Dam Cemetery, amid a profusion of beautiful floral tributes, the love of flowers being one of the distinguishing characteristics in the home. The pallbearers were: R.C. Councill, B. Drake, C.J. Joyner, C.T. Turner, Robert Blythe and A.J. Scott. Rosa F. (CARR; Mrs. "Willie" W.W.) UMPHLETT, b. 1 Nov 1889*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 11 Feb 1931, Franklin, interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery**, near Franklin, 12 Feb 1931, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 20, 1931, p. 1 **Beaver Dam list (BD-74), an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt *Her D.Cert. 5457 (Franklin #9) gives age 41, but miscalculates birthdate as 1 Nov 1879. The 1900 Census (Windsor Dist. {#17}, IoW.Co.) gives b. Feb 1891. She m. 29 Jan 1912, in Halifax, NC. The 1920 Census shows the couple at Williams Xrds (Franklin Dist. {#212}, Southampton Co.), with 4 children. Her parents, Solomon CARR & Hattie E. ALLEN, m. 5 Sep 1889. (IoW.Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy} p. 198 #22) Widowed, her mother - a native of Crawford Co., PA, 2m. W. Irvin JOYNER, 19 Feb 1895. (IoW.Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy} p. 222 #8) However, the D.Certs. of some of Irvin & Hattie's children say that Hattie was b. in Wisconsin - specifically Eagle Rock, in one instance. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/u514r1ob.txt