Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wright, Joseph A., 1967 

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JOSEPH AARON WRIGHT 

   CARRSVILLE - A graveside funeral service for Joseph Aaron Wright was 
conducted in Beaver Dam Baptist Church cemetery Thursday at 4 p.m. by the 
Rev. Edwin C. Thornton Jr.  W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home was in charge.

   Pallbearers were Edwin L. Byrum, Dr. Clem C. Crossland, John E. Rose Jr., 
Cecil L. Miles, William H. Rose, T.P. Eason, Elliott L. Johnson and J.L. March.

   Wright, 87, died Wednesday morning in a Franklin hospital after a long 
illness.

   A native of Isle of Wight County*, he was the husband of Mrs. Emily Pope 
Wright and a son of William Aaron and Mrs. Missouri Johnson Wright.

   He was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

   Besides his widow, surviving are two daughters, Mrs. W.S. Robertson Jr. and 
Mrs. Robert J.H. Daughtrey, and a brother James H. Wright of Carrsville; three 
grandsons; and two granddaughters.


Joseph Aaron WRIGHT, former farmer & retail clerk, 
d. 26 Apr 1967, Franklin, age 87, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery**, near Franklin, 27 Apr 1967, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 1, 1967, p. 6 

**His mother is also buried there. 
   Beaver Dam list (BD-81), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 21, 1971, p. 5) at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/w623e1ob.txt 

*Their marriage record (17 Dec 1913, Carrsville) gives b. Nansemond Co. 
   (Ancestry.com "Virginia Marriages") 


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