Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Birdsong, Martha L. McLemore, 1949 

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MARTHA LEWIS McLEMORE BIRDSONG 

Mrs. Martha Birdsong Dies; Services Monday 

  Mrs. Martha McLemore Birdsong, 78, widow of Thomas Henry Birdsong, died at 
her home at 6:20 o'clock yesterday evening. 

  Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the 
residence, 216 Pinner Street, by Rev. John H. Blakemore.  Interment will be at 
Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Mrs. Birdsong was active in church and club affairs in Suffolk.  She was a 
member of the Main Street Methodist Church, and a charter member of the 
Women's Society of Christian Service of that church.  Clubs to which she 
belonged included the Suffolk Literary Club, Suffolk Women's Club and the 
Suffolk Garden Club. 

  She was a daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin McLemore and Rosa Westbrook 
McLemore of Southampton County. 

  Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Helen B. Macklin and Mrs. Frances B. 
Darden, both of Suffolk; five sons, Thomas H. Birdsong, Jr., William McLemore 
Birdsong, Hall Franklin Birdsong, Harvard R. Birdsong - all of Suffolk - and 
Dr. McLemore Birdsong of Charlottesville, Va.; and 17 grandchildren. 

  Also, one sister, Mrs. H.W. Bowen of Washington, N.C.; two brothers, Judge 
James L. McLemore of Suffolk and Dr. W.T. McLemore of Courtland. 

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MARTHA M'LEMORE BIRDSONG 

   Mrs. Martha McLemore Birdsong, 78, widow of Thomas Henry Birdsong, died at 
her home on Pinner Street, Suffolk, Saturday afternoon, June 25, at 6:20 
o'clock.  She was a daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin McLemore and Rosa 
Westbrook McLemore of Southampton County. 

   She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Helen B. Macklin and Mrs. Frances B. 
Darden, both of Suffolk; five sons, Thomas H. Birdsong, Jr., William McLemore 
Birdsong, Hall Franklin Birdsong and Harvey R. Birdsong, all of Suffolk, and 
Dr. McLemore Birdsong of Charlottesville; a sister, Mrs. H.W. Bowen of 
Washington, N.C.; two brothers, Judge James L. McLemore of Suffolk and Dr. 
W.T. McLemore of Courtland; and 17 grandchildren. 

   Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the 
residence by Rev. John H. Blakemore, pastor of Main Street Methodist Church, 
Suffolk, followed by burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

   Mrs. Birdsong was a member of Main Street Methodist Church and a charter 
member of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the church.  She was a 
member of the Suffolk Literary Club, of the Suffolk Woman's Club and of the 
Suffolk Garden Club. 

   Pallbearers were T.H. Birdsong, Jr., Dr. McLemore Birdsong and William M., 
Hall F., and Harvey R. Birdsong, sons of Mrs. Birdsong, and Benjamin M. 
Birdsong, James L. McLemore, Jr., and H. Burton McLemore, Jr., her nephews. 


Martha Lewis (McLEMORE; Mrs. Thomas H.) BIRDSONG, 
b. 6 Jun 1870, Southampton Co., d. 25 Jun 1949, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 27 Jun 1949, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 26, No. 70, Sun., June 26, 1949, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 44, No. 37, Fri., July 1, 1949, p. 9 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #135465274. 

D.Cert. 12861 (Suffolk #162) 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Tidewater News," Oct. 6, 1933) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b632t3ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland - Episcopal Section, 
   Plot 12.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Her father was a Confederate veteran, having served as First Sergeant in 
   Co. G, 3rd VA Infantry. 


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