Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beaton, John Albert, 1951 

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JOHN ALBERT BEATON

   After several years of failing health John Albert Beaton, 69, a long-time 
resident of Franklin, died early Friday morning, July 6, in Raiford Memorial 
Hospital, where he was under treatment for a recurrent heart condition. Well 
enough the day before to walk about the hospital corridors, he was found died 
in bed about 4 a.m. 

   Known to his friends as "Crip", he was the son of the late Richard and 
Georgianna Blythe Beaton of Southampton County. He was a member of the Franklin 
Baptist Church and of its Bruner Bible class. 

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Brown Beaton of 315 Grove Street; a 
son John Albert Beaton, Jr. USN, Jacksonville, Fla.; a brother Joe Beaton of 
Franklin; and three sisters, Mrs. Robert Hasty and Mrs. John Hasty of 
Portsmouth and Mrs. India Shaw of Newsoms. An elder brother, Livious Lee 
Beaton of Portsmouth, died last January 16. 

   Funeral services for Mr. Beaton were held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock 
at the grave in Poplar Spring Cemetery, with Revs. John Worth Long and R.D. 
Stephenson officiating. The active  pallbearers were Graham Atkins, Lewis 
Gillette, W.B. Hastings, Glenn Lanier, James H. Lee and William M. Peterson. 


[John Albert BEATON, d. 6 Jul 1951, age 69, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 13 Jul 1951] 

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