Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beaton, Howard H., 1962 

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HOWARD HUNTER BEATON

   FRANKLIN - Howard Hunter Beaton, 52*, of 1608 Oleander Ave., Norfolk 
Highlands, died Tuesday in Raiford Memorial Hospital after a short illness.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Mary Frances Raiford Beaton and the son of Mrs. 
Mary Hatfield Beaton of Southampton County.

   A native of Southampton County, he lived in Norfolk 25 years.  He was a 
member of Campostella Baptist Church Doric Masonic Lodge 44; and the Khedive 
Temple of Norfolk.

   Besides his wife and mother he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Betty Beaton 
of Richmond; a son, Howard Hunter Beaton, Jr. of Richmond, and five sisters, 
Mrs. George Raiford of Victoria; Mrs. George Lindsey of Falls Church, Mrs. 
P.O. Duck, Jr., of Sedley, Mrs. Raleigh Powell of Washington and Mrs. Ralph 
Bartholomew of Portsmouth.

   A funeral service was conducted Friday at 2:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and 
Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Paul Moore of Campostella Baptist Church. 
Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, with Masonic Rites.

   Active pallbearers were George Cabell, Doward Winslow, William Overton, 
Rodney Jackson, Ben Lingo, Oliver Newsome and Mr. Henley.


Howard Hunter BEATON (Sr.), of Norfolk, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 17 Jul 1962, Franklin, age 51*, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 151*), Franklin, 
   20 Jul 1962, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 23, 1962, p. 4 

*Died 8 days shy of 52nd birthday. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Additional information: 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 21, 1941, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b350e2ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 25, 1968, p. 12), with her marriage 
   record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b350m7ob.txt 

Howard H. Beaton, 24, b. Southampton Co., res. Franklin, Va. R.F.D., 
   sn/o E.H. Beaton & Mary Hatfield, occupation: Ford Motor Co. 
Mary Frances Raiford, 24, b. Southampton Co., 
   d/o Lloyd M. Raiford & Helen Joyner 
m. 2 Feb 1935, Franklin, Va., by R.D. Stephenson 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy} 1935 #42) 

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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