Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beaton, Mary Brown, 1953 

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MARY SHEPARD BROWN BEATON

MRS. MARY BROWN BEATON

   Mrs. Mary Brown Beaton, 62, of 315 Grove Street, Franklin, died in Raiford 
Memorial Hospital on Friday night, November 20, after an illness of a few 
weeks. 

   Mrs. Beaton was a daughter of the late Richard Brown, pioneer Franklin 
jeweler and watchmaker, and the late Martha Howell Brown. Her husband, John 
Albert Beaton, Sr., died on July 6, 1951. 

   Educated in the public schools of Franklin, Mrs. Beaton was a member of the 
Franklin Baptist Church and of its King's Service class. For several years she 
owned and operated Mary's Shop, variously located in the old frame Masonic 
Temple building, the Merchants and Farmers Bank building, and more recently at 
105 N. Main Street. 

   Surviving her are a son, John Albert Beaton, Jr. USN, stationed in Italy; 
and a niece, Mrs. Brownie Johnson Collier, a nephew, H. Shepherd Johnson, and a 
grand nephew, Joseph Howell Collier, all of Franklin. 

   Funeral services for Mrs. Beaton were held in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland & 
Sons on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of 
the Franklin Baptist Church, and Rev. R.D. Stephenson, a former pastor, 
officiating. Her son John A. Beaton, Jr., was flown from the Mediterranean in 
time for the funeral. 

   Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Jack 
Farmer, Wilfred Gatling, Lewis Gillette, Glenn Lanier, Jimmy Lee, W.N. Rose, 
Spencer Smith and John Wetzel. 


[Mary Shepard (BROWN; Mrs. John A. Sr.) BEATON, d. 20 Nov 1953, age 62, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 26 Nov 1953] 

[file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.]