Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Franklin, Jasper Bradford April 16, 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand https://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 May 14, 2019, 8:53 pm Norfolk Virginian Pilot Monday April 18, 1938 Jasper Benjamin, aged 78, died suddenly Saturday night at his residence at New Church. He was a native of Pennsylvania and had been a resident of Norfolk for 35 years. For the last three years he had made his home at New Church. Surviving him are three daughters, Mrs. Dorthy Franklin and Mrs. Roland Wesson, of Norfolk and Mrs. Noland Wesson, of South Carolina and one son, Horace P. Franklin, of Norfolk. The body will arrive tonight and will be taken to the funeral chapel of James V. Derry, corner of Harrington and Colley avenues. Notice of funeral will appear later. ******************************************************** Norfolk Virginian Pilot Tuesday April 19, 1938 Jasper Bradford Franklin, aged 76, died suddenly at his residence at New Church Saturday night. He was a native of Pennsylvania and had been a resident of Norfolk for about 35 years. He had made his home in New Church for three years. Surviving are three daughters, Miss Dorothy Franklin and Mrs. Roland Wesson, of Norfolk and Mrs. Noland Wesson, of South Carolina; one son, Horace P. Franklin, of Norfolk; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Derry Funeral Chapel, Colley and Harrington avenues. The Rev. P. Rowland Wagner, pastor of Central Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Memorial Park. Additional Comments: Obviously a few errors, including the name, in first publication of his death. Riverside File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/f/franklin16155gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb