Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Applewhite, Margaret L. Barham, 1922 

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MARGARET LOUISE BARHAM APPLEWHITE

   The host of friends and acquaintances of the late Mrs. Margaret Louisa 
Applewhite of Capron are under the shadow of bereavement consequent to her 
death which occurred in her home after a protracted illness, August 24.

   Mrs. Applewhite was seventy-nine years of age and before her marriage to 
John Edward Applewhite of this county, who preceded her to the home of the 
soul fourteen years ago.  Was Miss Margaret Louisa Barham of Southampton 
County.  From early life she was a member of Applewhite’s Methodist Church 
and was a consecrated Christian.  This lovely woman had the rare gift of a 
personality and charm that appealed to children and youth as well as to those 
of her own age.

   No one ever paid a visit to her home, however short, but was so cordially 
received, so delightfully entertained, so closely gripped by the winsome 
spirit of this gentle lady, that he or she became a new addition to her list 
of lifelong friends.

   Mrs. Applewhite was never the lonely person we often find at such an 
advanced age. She dearly loved music, flowers and books and when other member 
of her family must be about their daily duties there and the choice and 
beautiful thoughts of which she had such a rich stone were her constant 
companions.

   While death always casts for a time an almost impenetrable gloom, yet the 
death of this much-loved woman loses some of its sadness in that no sufferings 
attended her illness, no doubts nor fears accompanied her passing from earth, 
but calmly resignedly, triumphantly she fell asleep.

   Interment was made at the family burial place a short distance from Capron 
August 25. Rev. W.H. Riddick and Rev. E.F. Garner conducted her burial 
services.  She was borne to her last resting place by G.B. Smith, Parley 
Baker, G.W. Burgess, S.W. Joyner, W.D. Reese, T.W. Story and E.L. Marks. 
Honorary pallbearers: J.B. Davis, E.E. Rawlings, G.A. Lankford, L.W. McGrath, 
J.R. Kello, S.T. Kello P.A. Ellis, G.W. Hasty, E.A. Felts and W.D. Reese.  The 
floral tributes were numerous and beautiful.  Three favorite hymns of the 
deceased, "In That City", "The home of the Soul" and "Will the Circle be 
Unbroken?" were impressively sung by the Capron M.E. Church choir.

   The deceased leaves two sons, C.H. Applewhite and Dr. J.N. Applewhite of 
Capron, a sister, Mrs. Bettie Simmons of Suffolk, several grandchildren and a 
number of nieces and nephews.

   Those attending the funeral from a distance were Miss Elizabeth Vincent and 
John Vincent of Suffolk, Mrs. M.F. Gurley of Portsmouth, Mrs. Cora Parker of 
Yale, Mrs. J.B. Matthews of Franklin and Mrs. Nettie Totten of Yadkin College, 
N.C.


Margaret Louisa (BARHAM; Mrs. John E.) APPLEWHITE, 
d. 24 Aug 1922, age 79, 
interred in family cemetery, near Capron, 25 Aug 1922, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 8, 1922, p. 2 

*possibly interred with the family of her son Joseph. 
Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-52): 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

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