Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Boothe, Aecious A., 1951 

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AECIOUS ATKINS BOOTHE

   Aecious Atkins Boothe, 47, son of the late John and Mary Doyle Boothe, was 
born at the old homestead near Dory on February 24, 1904, and died December 27, 
1951, with a heart attack while in route to the hospital at the close of the 
day's work in Franklin, where he had been an employee of S.W. Rawls, Inc., for 
the past eight years. 

   He was married to Miss Eva Newton of the county on January 19, 1929, and 
they made their home near Courtland until on February 3, 1930, they moved to 
Sedley, where they have been active members of Grace Memorial Church and in the 
affairs beneficial to the village, never happier than when rendering service to 
others. He was a member of Camp NO. 151 of the Woodmen of the World. 

   In addition to his wife he is survived by three brothers, Clifton H. Boothe 
of Plymouth and John C. Boothe and Claude E. Boothe of Courtland; a niece, Miss 
Dolores Boothe of Portsmouth; and a host of relatives and friends. 

   Funeral services were conducted at Grace Memorial Methodist Church on 
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. O.L. Gilliam, assisted 
by James A. Coney of the Friends Meeting. Members of the choirs of the village 
church sang "Abide With Me," and Mr. Coney used as a solo "Sunrise Tomorrow." 

   Active Pallbearers were J.U. Kitchen, R..B. Simmons, John Galloway, W.T. 
Inge, H.M. Johnson, H.S. Taylor, Matthew Turner and S.W. Rawls, Jr., all 
employees of S.W. Rawls, Inc.  The honorary pallbearers were employees of S.W. 
Rawls, Inc. and friends of the family. 

   The unusually large attendance at the funeral and the numerous expressions 
of tribute in flowers attested the high esteem in which the deceased was held 
by his many friends and acquaintances. 

   Interment was made in the family plot in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. 


[Aecious Atkins BOOTHE, 24 Feb 1904 - 27 Dec 1951, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 4 Jan 1952] 

[file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
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