Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Sallie L., 1941 

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OBITUARY 

MISS SALLIE LOU EDWARDS 

  Miss Sallie Lou Edwards, age 62, widely known in Suffolk and Southampton 
County, died Wednesday night at 6:20 o'clock at a local hospital following 
an illness of 10 days. 

  She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Edwards, and is survived 
by an uncle, J.A. Edwards of Southampton County.  Also a number of cousins. 
She was a member of the West End Baptist church, and has been connected with 
the J.C. Penney Company for the past 15 years. 

  The body was taken to the funeral home of I.O. Hill & Company where it will 
remain until Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock at which time it will be taken 
to the late residence 304 N. Broad Street. 

  The funeral procession will leave the residence at 3 o'clock Friday 
afternoon for the Edwards Cemetery in Southampton County, near Courtland, 
where funeral services will be conducted at the grave at 3 o'clock by the 
Rev. Sam T. Habel, and the Rev. W.B. Watkins. 

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OBITUARY 

MISS SALLIE LOU EDWARDS 

  Funeral services for Miss Sallie Lou Edwards were held Friday afternoon at 
3 o'clock at the grave in the Edwards Cemetery near Courtland, Va., conducted 
by the Rev. Sam T. Habel, Jr. and the Rev. W.B. Watson.  A duet "In The 
Garden" was sung by Mrs. Pembroke Baker and Mrs. Archie Smithers, a solo "Only 
Remembered by What we've Done" was sung by Mrs. Archie Smithers, accompanied 
by Mrs. A.L. Holland. 

  There were many handsome floral tributes and the casket was covered with a 
pall of Easter lilies aud red roses. 

  Active pallbearers: Marshall Bowden, Elmer Ehler, Bob Robertson, Melvin 
Lovelace, J.L. Boyce, J.J. Pond, W.E. Spell and Hugh S. Miles. 


Sallie Lou EDWARDS, J.C. Penney sales lady, 
b. 29 Oct 1889, Southampton Co., d. 2 Apr 1941, Suffolk, 
interred in the EDWARDS family cemetery*, Unity & One Mile Rds., 4 Apr 1941, 
"The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 19, No. 78, Apr. 3, 1941, p. 7, col. 3; 
"The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 19, No. 80, Apr. 5, 1941, p. 7, col. 8  

*Apparently unmarked; added to list of cemetery where her father is buried. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-4): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 


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