Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Baxter, Louis A. Sr., 1957 

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LOUIS ANTHONY BAXTER

LOUIS A. BAXTER

   Louis Anthony Baxter, 41, power plant superintendent at the Southampton Penal 
Farm, died of a heart attack on Thursday afternoon, May 30 at his residence in 
Drewryville.

   Mr. Baxter was a native of Jacksonville, Fla., and had retired from the Navy 
two years ago. Prior to moving to Drewryville, in 1955 he had lived in North 
Bayside, Norfolk. He was a member of the Norfolk chapter of the Naval Fleet 
Reserve.

   The deceased was the husband of Mrs. Ellen Kunila Baxter of Drewryville, and 
a son of Charles M. and Mrs. Mary Baxter of Jacksonville, Fla.

   Besides his wife and parents he is survived by two sons, Louis A. Baxter, 
Jr., USN and Charles David Baxter of Drewryville; a daughter, Miss Pamela Ellen 
Baxter, also of Drewryville; three brothers, John and Buddy Baxter of 
Jacksonville, Fla., and Vincent Baxter of Miami, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Marie 
James of Jacksonville, Fla. and Mrs. Gertrude Wilkerson of Miami; and a number 
of nieces and nephews.

   The body was taken to the Purviance Funeral Home in Boykins and thence to 
Arlington National Cemetery, where funeral services with full military honors 
were conducted on Tuesday morning, June 4, at 9:30 o'clock.


[Louis Anthony BAXTER, Sr., 
 Jacksonville, FL native, d. 30 May 1957, Drewryville, age 41, 
 interred in Arlington National Cemetery, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 6, 1957] 

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