Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Atkins, Edward D., 1971 

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EDWARD DAVID ATKINS

   VIRGINIA BEACH - A funeral service for Edward David Atkins was conducted 
Thursday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m. in Aragona Baptist Church, Virginia Beach, by the 
Rev. H.A. Culpepper.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery with Purviance 
Funeral Home, Wakefield in charge.

   Pallbearers were Edward Painter, Adam Miller, James Sellers, Larry Hale, 
Thomas Riddle and Kenneth Hall.

   Atkins, 38, died Jan. 4 in a Virginia Beach Hospital after a six months 
illness.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. David 
Atkins, Courtland, and the husband of Mrs. Rosa Faison Atkins.

   A veteran of the U.S. Army, and a member of Aragona Baptist Church, he was 
a salesman for Colonial Chevrolet, Norfolk.

   Besides his wife and parents surviving are three sons, Mark Anthony Atkins, 
Chris L. Atkins and Lester E. Atkins; two daughters, Patricia Rose Atkins and 
Valorie E. Atkins, of the home; five brothers, William A. Atkins, Handsom; 
James T. Atkins, Hunterdale; John W. Atkins, Black Creek; Edgar A. Atkins and 
George H. Atkins, Courtland; three sisters, Mrs. Howard Hawkins, Hunterdale; 
Mrs. L.T. Edwards and Mrs. Kent Turner, Myrtle.


Edward David ATKINS, Colonial Chevrolet salesman, Army veteran of Korean War, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 4 Jan 1971, Virginia Beach, age 38, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 69B*), Franklin, 
   7 Jan 1971, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 14, 1971, Section II, p. 2 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
  Poplar Spring list: 
  http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

His parents, William David & Esther (JOYNER) ATKINS are buried in 
   Riverside Cemetery, Courtland - Section I, Plot 34B; father unmarked. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 17, 1987, p. 8A) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/a325w2ob.txt 

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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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