Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, A. Franklin H., 1954 

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AUBREY F. BEALE 

  Aubrey Franklin Beale, 80, a native and lifelong resident of Southampton 
County, died at his home near Branchville at 11:15 o'clock Sunday night, 
October 24. 

  The deceased, a retired farmer, was the son of the late Lawson and Mrs. 
Martha Holland Beale.  He was twice married, his first wife being the former 
Miss Dora Waller.  Following her death he married the former Miss Dixie Derby, 
who also preceded him in death.  He was a charter member and an ordained 
deacon of the Branchville Baptist Church. 

  Survivors are three daughters, Miss Amy Beale and Mrs. Thomas M. Grizzard, 
both of Branchville, and Mrs. Charles H. Turner of Suffolk; and two sons, 
Aubrey T. Beale and Lawson D. Beale, both of Branchville. 

  Funeral services for Mr. Beale were conducted at the Purviance Funeral Home, 
Boykins, on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. R.D. Stephenson of 
Franklin, assisted by Rev. Thomas S. Caulkins, pastor of the Branchville 
Baptist Church, and Rev. William S. Ferguson, pastor of the Boykins Methodist 
Church.  The Branchville and Hebron Baptist choirs, accompanied by Mrs. L.W. 
Grizzard, sang "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "When the Roll is Called up 
Yonder."  Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery. 

  Pallbearers were R.A. Bryant, Ray Bunn, George Derby, Jack Derby, B.C. 
Edwards, Dr. J.J. Grizzard, L.W. Grizzard, Clyde Merritt, Eddie Overby and 
M.E. Thomas. 


Aubrey Franklin Holland "Frank" BEALE, retired farmer, 
b. 12 May 1874, Southampton Co., d. 24 Oct 1954, at home, near Branchville, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 196*), Boykins, 
   26 Oct 1954, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 50, No. 2, Thurs., Oct. 28, 1954, 
   Sect. 2, p. 4 

*Additional information: 

Buried with his second wife Dixie (1876 - 1949). 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Cheryl Proffitt - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #68245929. 

D.Cert. 23430 (Boykins #31) 

Dixie's obit ("Tidewater News," May 20, 1949, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400d9ob.txt 

His first wife (1875 - 1905) & his parents are buried 
   in a BEALE family cemetery, on Waller Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 5 (MV-V-8): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol5.txt 


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