Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Ruben, 1970 

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RUBEN EDWARDS

   SUFFOLK - A funeral service for Ruben Edwards was conducted at 2 p.m. 
Monday in R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert B. Marr.  Burial 
with Masonic rites was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

   Edwards, 67, of 419 Highland Ave. died Friday in a hospital.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Luther B. and Mrs. Sallie 
Branch Edwards and the husband of Mrs. Inez Edwards.

   He was a member of Congregational Christian Church, Franklin Masonic Lodge 
151, Suffolk Masonic Lodge 30, Portsmouth Commandery 5, Mt. Nebo Masonic Lodge 
20, and Norfolk Khedive Temple.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Ruben A. Edwards of Lynchburg; 
two daughters, Mrs. Eddy Allgood of Danville and Mrs. Lawrence Wail Jr. of 
Suffolk; two brothers Lloyd Edwards of Portsmouth and Herman Edwards of 
Hampton; four sisters, Mrs. Thomas Joyner and Mrs. Milford Bostic of Hampton, 
Mrs. Emmett Griffin of Franklin, and Mrs. Wadsworth Deshields of Virginia 
Beach; and seven grandchildren.


Ruben EDWARDS, of Suffolk, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 9 Mar 1970, age 67, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 12, 1970 

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

His parents are buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley.  
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Rosemont list (S-25): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 


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