Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Russell, Mary F. Rountree, 1960 

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MARY FANNY ROUNTREE RUSSELL

   WHALEYVILLE - Mrs. Mary Fanny Rountree Russell, 64, died unexpectedly 
Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at her home here.

   She was the wife of the late Poy Russell, who died last month, and a 
daughter of Franklin A. and Mrs. Queen Victoria Rountree of Nansemond County.

   Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. R.L. Bradshaw, Mrs. Cecil Gautier, Mrs. 
J.B. Lassiter, Mrs. Will Rountree, Mrs. Edward Holland and Mrs. William 
Chaney, all of Nansemond County; five sons, J.L. Russell, Vernon Russell and 
Willie Russell and Jack Russell, all of Nansemond County, and Paul Russell 
of Norfolk; three half-sisters, Mrs. Eva Lassiter of Southampton County, Mrs. 
Bessie Rountree of Suffolk and Mrs. Estelle Pierce of Drum Hill, N.C.; two 
half-brothers, Raymond Rountree and Wallace Rountree, both of Roanoke Rapids, 
N.C.

   A funeral service will be held at I.O. Hill and Co. Funeral Home Saturday 
at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Harvey Nicholson, pastor of Whaleyville Methodist 
Church.  Burial will be in the Somerton Methodist Church cemetery, near 
Whaleyville.

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Mrs. Mary Russell Is Buried Saturday 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Fanney Russell were conducted Saturday at 2 
p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. Harvey C. Nicholson, pastor of 
Somerton Methodist Church.  Burial was in Somerton Church Cemetery. 

  Mrs. J. Webb Pinner Jr., played an organ solo entitled "Face to Face." 

  The casket was covered with a pall of red and white carnations and white 
gladioli. 

  Pallbearers were William Chaney, John L. Chaney, Arthur Russell, Charlie 
Russell, Paul Bradshaw, Wilbur Bradshaw, Leroy Bradshaw and Calvin Salmon. 


Mary Fanny* (ROUNTREE; Mrs. "Poy" Paul) RUSSELL, 
b. 31 Dec 1895, Gates Co., NC native, d. 10 Mar 1960, at home, Whaleyville, 
interred in Somerton Methodist Church Cemetery**, 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 38, No. 61, Mon., Mar. 13, 1960, p. 9 

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

Her parents are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block D, Lot 114. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

*She appears in the 1900 Census (Cypress Dist., Nan.Co.) as Lillie Mae FANNY, 
   b. Nov 1896.  Her parents m. 26 Dec 1906 in Nansemond Co. 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 8871 (Whaleyville Dist.), which gives Mary Fannie 
   RUSSELL. 


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