Southampton County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beaton, Livius L., 1951 

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LIVIUS LEE BEATON

   Livius Lee Beaton, 72, of 1806 Prentis Avenue, Portsmouth, Va. died Tuesday 
morning, January 16, in a hospital in that city.

   He was a native of Southampton County, but had made his home for the past 
37 years in Portsmouth, where he was a retired employee of the Naval Shipyard. 
He was a member of Jackson Memorial Baptist Church and White Lily Camp No. 97, 
Woodmen of the World.

   The son of the late Richard and Mrs. Georgianna Blythe Beaton, he is 
survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie Ritter Beaton; one daughter, Mrs. R.W. 
Jordan of Gloucester Point; three sisters, Mrs. R.W. Hasty and Mrs. Emma 
Hasty, both of Portsmouth, and Mrs. India Shaw of Newsoms; two brothers, J.A. 
and J.R. Beaton, both of Franklin; and one grandchild.

   Funeral services were conducted at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church, 
Portsmouth, at 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon followed by burial in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.


Livius Lee BEATON, retired Naval Shipyard employee, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 16 Jan 1951, at home, Portsmouth, age 72, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 95*), Franklin, 
   18 Jan 1951, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 19, 1951, p. 5 

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

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 12, 1981) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b350m4ob.txt 

LIVIUS LEE BEATON, 42, S, SO.CO., PORTSMOUTH, VA., MECHANIC, 
   S/O RICHARD LEWIS AND GEORGIANNA BLYTHE BEATON 
M. 12-22-1920 FRANKLIN, SO.CO., VA. BY REV. J.A. CHAPMAN 
MARTHA "MATTIE" JUDSON RITTER, 33, S, SO.CO., FRANKLIN, SO.CO., VA., 
   D/O GEORGE WASHINGTON AND WILSEY "WILLIE" KATHLEEN LOWE RITTER 
(Southampton Co. MB18:185; transcribed by Bruce Saunders) 

214. 12/22/1920, So.ampton, by J.P. Essex 
L.L. Beaton, 42, single, b. Southampton Co., res. Portsmouth, Va., 
   sn/o Richard Lewis & Georgianna Beaton, Mechanic 
Mattie J. Ritter, 33, single, b. Southampton Co., res. Franklin, Va., 
   dt/o Geo.W. & Willie Katleen [sic] Ritter 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb18pt.txt) 

His parents' - 

Richard L. Beaton, 23, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o John & Ruthy Beaton, Farmer 
Georganna Blythe, 25, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   [parents not given; William & Mariah (JOYNER) BLYTHE] 
m.lic. 11 Feb 1878, by clerk L.R. Edwards; 
   couple mistakenly listed as "Coloured" by clerk 
m. 12 Feb 1878, at "my residence" by J.T. Kitchen 
(Southampton Co. MB3:272) 


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

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b350l1ob.txt