Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Martha F. Felton, 1946 

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Conduct Rites For Mrs. Johnson 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Frances Johnson, of Suffolk, who died 
Tuesday from heart attack while visiting her brother, Robert L. Felton in 
Gates, N.C., were conducted at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the First 
Baptist Church.  The Rev. J. Lester Lane, pastor, officiated. 

  The pall was of pink gladioli, iris, yellow roses and fern.  A solo, 
"Beautiful Garden of Prayer," was sung by the Rev. J. Ivan Hart, and a 
quartet, composed of Milton Johnson, Mrs. Paul Rawles, Byron Cutchins and 
the Rev. Hart, accompanied by Miss Florrie Pierce, also rendered a selection. 

  Active pallbearers were S.D. Eure, L.D. Solomon, J.J. Howell, L.G. Evans, 
M.J. Tinkham, R.D. Bell, F.A. Skillman and Oscar Beaton.  Honorary were 
friends of the family and burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


Martha Frances "Fannie" (FELTON; Mrs. Raymond Vernon) JOHNSON, of Suffolk, 
b. 2 Jan 1878, Gates Co., NC, d. 31 Dec 1946, Gates Co., NC, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block V, Lot 11*), Suffolk, 2 Jan 1947, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 238, Fri., Jan. 3, 1947, 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_j.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #92398357. 

D.Cert. 25770 (Dist. 37-06 #14) 

Her parents, John & Lucy Jane (LEE) FELTON, are buried in Eure Baptist Church 
   Cemetery, Eure, Gates Co., NC. 

Her father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. C, 
   52nd NC Infantry. 


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