Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Atkinson, Vesuvia E. Moore, 1930 

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MRS. VESUVIA ATKINSON 

  Mrs. Vesuvia Atkinson, 83, one of the old residents of Franklin, died at a 
Norfolk hospital this morning at 6 o'clock.  She is survived by a daughter, 
Mrs. Herbert L. Norfleet, of Havana, Cuba, and two grandchildren, Mrs. William 
Caswell, Jr., of Havana, and Wilson Norfleet, of New York. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday morning at 11 o'clock at the 
grave in Poplar Spring cemetery, Franklin, by the Rev. George Spooner. 

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AGED FRANKLIN WOMAN PASSES 

Mrs. Vesuvius [sic; Vesuvia] Atkinson, One Of Franklin's Oldest Citizens, 
   Died Wednesday In Norfolk, - Aged 84. 

  Mrs. Vesuvia Atkinson, long a resident of Franklin and one of Franklin's 
oldest citizens, died Wednesday morning in a Norfolk hospital in the eighty-
fourth year of her age.  Funeral took place Thursday morning at 11 o'clock 
in Poplar Spring cemetery. 

  Mrs. Atkinson was the daughter of the late Harrison D. Moore and Elizabeth 
Johnson Moore.  She was born in this county and moved to Franklin many years 
ago and always considered Franklin her home, though she spent many of her 
latter years in Havana with her daughter, Mrs. Herbert L. Norfleet. 

  Mrs. Atkinson was intimately connected with the history of Franklin in its 
earlier days, and was one of the best known and most beloved women of her 
generation.  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Herbert L. Norfleet, 
formerly of Franklin and now of Havana, Cuba, and by two grandchildren, Mrs. 
W.W. Caswell, Jr., of Havana, and Wilson Norfleet, of New York. 


"Sue" Vesuvia E. (MOORE; Mrs. Arrage Ambrose) ATKINSON, of Franklin, 
b. 9 Sep 1846, Southampton Co., d. 9 Jul 1930, Norfolk, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 6*), Franklin, 
   10 Jul 1930, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 8, No. 93, Thurs., July 10, 1930, p. 3, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Nenorial #38051753 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 8, No. 94, Fri., July 11, 1930, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Anonymus - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #38051753. 

S- D.Cert. 17221 (Norfolk #980) 


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