Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Applewhite, Benjamin R., 1961 

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BENJAMIN RANDOLPH APPLEWHITE

   COURTLAND - Benjamin Randolph Applewhite, age 88 years, retired farmer of 
the Courtland community, died Wednesday night at his home after failing health 
for many months.

   He was the husband of the late Loulie Vaughan Applewhite and the son of 
Albert Moore and Laura Saunders Applewhite, of Southampton County.  He was a 
member of the Vincent Grove Methodist Church.

   Surviving are one son, Claude S. Applewhite, Courtland; two daughters; Miss 
Bernice Virginia Applewhite, Courtland, and Mrs. Ann V. Underwood, of 
Franklin; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Dollie Dickens, Capron.

   Funeral services will be held from the Holland Funeral Chapel, Franklin, 
Friday at 3 p.m. by the Rev. J.S. Peebles, pastor of Capron Methodist Church. 
Burial will be made in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.

   Active pallbearers will be Roland Vaughan, Carol Dickens, Frank Marks, 
Lloyd Allen Applewhite, William Davis, Emmett Applewhite, Emmett Vaughan and 
Thomas Vaughan.


Benjamin Randolph APPLEWHITE, retired farmer, 
d. 11 Jan 1961, at home, Courtland, age 88, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section II, Plot 38*), Courtland, 13 Jan 1961, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 12, 1961, Sect. 1, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 21, 1952) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/a143l1ob.txt 


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