Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, Benjamin H., 1942 

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BENJAMIN HOWARD BEALE

   Benjamin Howard Beale, 81, a prominent farmer of the Branchville community, 
died early Wednesday morning at his home.  Mr. Beale was born May 26, 1860, the 
son of the late Lawson Franklin Beale and Rhodie Harris Beale of Southampton 
County.

   Surviving him are his wife and the following children; four sons, Harvey 
Howard, Claudie Thomas, Rufus and Bennie Beale, all of Branchville; a daughter, 
Mrs. Leola Dalton of Richmond; a brother, Frank Beale, of Branchville; four 
grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.  He was a member of 
Branchville Methodist Church.

   Funeral services were held at the residence Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock 
with his pastor, the Rev. L.F. Callahan officiating, assisted by the Rev. J. 
Felix Arnold.  The combined choirs of the Branchville Baptist and Methodist 
churches sang and there was a large attendance. The casket was covered with a 
pall of lilies and roses.

   Pallbearers were R.D. Vick, E.W. Bryant, E.T. Story, H.T. Smith, Dr. J.J. 
Grizzard, Aubrey T. Woodward and L.O. Tyler.  Friends of the family were 
honorary pallbearers.


[Benjamin Howard BEALE, farmer, 
 b. 26 May 1860, d. 28 Jan 1942, at home, Branchville, 
 interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Section C, Plot 81), Boykins, 
    29 Jan 1942, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 30, 1942] 

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