Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beaton, Joseph R., 1952 

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JOSEPH ROBERT BEATON

   Joseph Robert Beaton, 72, a lifelong resident of Southampton County and 
brother of the late John A. Beaton, died at 2:30 o’clock Thursday morning, 
July 17, in Raiford Memorial Hospital.  He had been in ill health for several 
months.

   The deceased was the son of the late Richard Lewis Beaton and Georgianna 
Blythe Beaton of this county.  For several years he was employed as a clerk 
at the Airport Inn.  He was a member of High Street Methodist Church.

   Surviving him are three sisters, Mrs. John Hasty and Mrs. J.R. Hasty of 
Portsmouth and Mrs. W.H. Shaw of Newsoms; and several nephews and nieces. 
Mr. Beaton never married.

   Funeral services will be conducted in the funeral chapel of W.J.M. Holland 
& Sons on Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. Elmer N. Hassell, pastor of 
the deceased.  Interment will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Joseph Robert "Airrifle" BEATON, former hotel clerk, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., d. 17 Jul 1952, Franklin, age 72, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 24B; unmarked*), Franklin, 
   19 Jul 1952, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 18, 1952, p. 8 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 


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