Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Franklin, Diana O., 1956 

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Funeral Wednesday For Diana Franklin 

  Funeral services for Miss Diana Ophelia Franklin, 91, who died early this 
morning at a Catholic Home in Richmond, will be conducted Wednesday at 3:30 
p.m. at the R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home by the Rev. George D. Alley, 
pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill 
Cemetery. 

  She was a member of the Suffolk Christian Church and a native of Nansemond 
County, though she spent most of her life in Suffolk.  She was the daughter 
of the late Jethro Riddick and Julia Ann Brinkley* Franklin. 

  She is survived by several nieces and nephews: Mrs. J.P. Shearer of 
Washington, Ralph Byrd of Indianapolis, Indiana; Mrs. F.E. Butler Sr., 
Franklin E. Bradshaw, Mrs. S.P. Kirkpatrick and Miss Jamie Felton, all of 
Suffolk; and several great nieces and nephews. 

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FRANKLIN FUNERAL RITES 

  Funeral services for Miss Diana O. Franklin were conducted yesterday at the 
R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home by the Rev. George D. Alley, pastor of the 
Suffolk Christian Church.  Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.  Pallbearers 
were Frank E. Butler Jr., H. West Butler, Pretlow Brinkley, James Pritchard, 
Franklin Bradshaw and Jerome Felton. 


Diana Ophelia FRANKLIN, 
b. 19 Oct 1865, Nansemond Co., d. 4 Dec 1956, Richmond, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 103*), Suffolk, 5 Dec 1956, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 34, No. 287, Tues., Dec. 4, 1956, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 34, No. 290, Fri., Dec. 7, 1956, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #191639700, which gives b. Southampton, 
   Roanoke Co., VA. 

Her parents are buried in adjacent Lot 104. 

D.Cert. 28838 (Richmond #3373) gives her mother's maiden name as BRICKER. 

Her father (1822 - 1904) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. I, 41st VA Infantry. 


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