Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, M. Belle Thornton, 1959 

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BELLE THORNTON BEALE 

MRS. BELLE T. BEALE BURIED HERE TODAY 

   Funeral services for Mrs. Belle Thornton Beale were conducted this morning 
(Thursday) at 11 o’clock at the Holland Funeral Chapel by the Rev. L.A. Hawks 
----- at Farmville, and the Rev. Robert E. Davis, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal 
Church.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were G.E. Pillow, W.T. Pace, Jr., C.C. Vaughan, 3rd, Winder 
Lane, Jesse Weede, Jr., H.R. Bernstein, J. Edward Moyler, and W.B. Henshaw of 
Richmond.

   Mrs. Beale died Tuesday afternoon in a Richmond hospital after many months 
of illness.

   She was the widow of J.W. Beale and a daughter of William and Mrs. Indiana 
Cecil Briggs Thornton of Sussex County.  She was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal 
Church here, where she served many years.

   Surviving are one son, Thornton Beale of Richmond; two grandchildren, Allen 
and Kevin Beale, and one stepson, William Beale, also of Richmond; one 
stepdaughter, Mrs. John O. Haslett, of Franklin, and nieces and nephews.


Mary Belle (THORNTON; Mrs. Julius W.) BEALE, 
b. 23 Nov 1888, Sussex Co., d. 27 Oct 1959, Richmond, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 27; unmarked*), Franklin, 
   29 Oct 1959, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 29, 1959, Sect. I, p. 8 

*Her husband is also unmarked; both added to plot with his first wife. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 17, 1939, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400j15o.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. #25166 (Richmond #3436). 

Her brother William N. THORNTON Jr. is buried in Riverside Cemetery, 
   Courtland - Sect. II, Plot 17.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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