Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Braswell, John L., 1968 

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JOHN L. BRASWELL 

  WINDSOR -- John Letcher Braswell, 64, died at 9:15 p.m. Tuesday in his home, 
RFD 2, Windsor. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, he was the husband of Mrs. Blanche Holland 
Braswell and a son of the late Stephen Joseph and Ballie Butler Braswell. 

  He was a member of Antioch Christian Church. 

  Surviving, besides his wife, are two daughters, Mrs. William O'Berry of Isle 
of Wight County and Mrs. Joe Holland of Nansemond County; three sisters, Mrs. 
Nellie Dickerson of Suffolk, Mrs. W.E. Williams of Franklin and Mrs. Henry 
James Whitley of Windsor; one brother, Jack Braswell of Windsor; and four 
grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in I.O. Hill & Company 
Funeral Home by the Rev. William Swain, pastor of Pine Grove Assembly of God 
Church, Isle of Wight County.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 

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JOHN LETCHER BRASWELL 

  A funeral service for John Letcher Braswell, who died Tuesday, was conducted 
at 2 p.m. Friday in the I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home by the Rev. Horace B. 
Jones.  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

  Pallbearers were: Surrell Braswell, M.L. Watson, S. Lane Gwaltney, William 
A. Gwaltney, Sam Jones Jr., Frank Brown, J.R. Wills Jr. and J.W. Underwood. 


John Letcher BRASWELL, retired farmer, 
b. 6 Jul 1903, Isle of Wight Co., d. 9 Apr 1968, at home, near Windsor, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 12 Apr 1968, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 46, No. 87, Wed., Apr. 10, 1968, p. 14; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 46, No. 90, Sun., Apr. 14, 1968, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

Find a Grave Memorial #51290283 [no photo] 

D.Cert. 68-012902 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Dec. 12, 1996, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/b624b2ob.txt 

His parents & step-mother are buried in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, 
   near Windsor. 
   Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His father's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," "Smithfield Times," & donated, 
   June 1957) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b624j2ob.txt 

His mother's (donated, 1917) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b624b1ob.txt 


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