Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Butler, Giva Edwards, 2000 

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GIVA EDWARDS BUTLER 

  Giva Edwards Butler, 75, of the 400 block of Crescent Drive, died Jan. 16, 
2000, after a long illness. 

  Mrs. Butler was born in Southampton County, the daughter of the late William 
Richard Edwards and Elizabeth Holcombe Edwards.  She was retired from the City 
of Franklin Department of Social Services where she was employed for 19 years. 
She was a member of High Street United Methodist Church. 

  Mrs. Butler is survived by her husband of 51 years, Samuel O. Butler Jr.; 
three sisters, Lillian E. Bradshaw and Ira E. Whitley of Franklin and Vera E. 
Worrell of Ivor; and several nieces and nephews.  She was predeceased by a 
sister, Elizabeth E. Beale and four brothers, Joseph E. Edwards, William Jimmy 
Edwards, Lionel L. Edwards and Robert L. Edwards. 

  The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in High Street United 
Methodist Church by the Rev. Edward Johnson.  Burial will be in Southampton 
Memorial Park.  The family will receive friends at the residence.  Memorial 
gifts may be made to High Street United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 218, 
Franklin VA 23851.  Wright Funeral Home is in charge. 


Giva (EDWARDS; Mrs. Samuel O. Jr.) BUTLER, of Franklin, retired social worker, 
b. 4 Oct 1924, Southampton Co., d. 16 Jan 2000, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Masonic I, Plot 51*), 19 Jan 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Jan. 18, 2000, p. B9 

*Additional information: 

Her sister Lillian is buried nearby in Masonic I, Plot 44. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Southampton Memorial list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

Their parents & maternal grandparents are buried in a HOLCOMBE family 
   cemetery, on Story Station Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-20): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 21, 1960, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363e3ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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