Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, E. Dixie Derby, 1949 

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MRS. DIXIE DERBY BEALE 

  Mrs. Dixie Derby Beale, 72, wife of A. Frank Beale of Branchville, died at 
3:18 o'clock Sunday afternoon, May 15, in Raiford Memorial Hospital. 

  Mrs. Beale was the daughter of the late Alonzia [sic; Alonzo*] and Martha 
Holland Derby of Gates, N.C.  She was married to Mr. Beale on January 6, 1910. 
She was a member of the Branchville Baptist Church, in all the affairs of 
which she participated actively as long as her health permitted.  A shut-in 
for 25 years, she belonged to a number of shut-in organizations, the "Sunshine 
Sisters Friendship Club," "The Open Window," "Along the Way," and "Cheerful 
Echoes;" and she continued her Christian work by keeping up her daily Bible 
reading and corresponding with people of all Christian faiths.  One of her 
"pen pals" from Bridgeport, Ohio, attended her funeral.  She loved all of her 
friends, the pastors who called to offer words of cheer, and the members of 
her family who were faithful and attentive to her during her long confinement 
to her home. 

  She is survived by her husband; two daughters. Mrs. Virgie B. Grizzard of 
Branchville and Mrs. Mildred B. Turner of Norfolk; one son, Lawson D. Beale 
of Branchville; two stepchildren, Aubrey T. Beale and Amie M. Beale, also of 
Branchville; seven grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Alma Hinds of 
Indianapolis, Ind. 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Beale were conducted Tuesday afternoon at three 
o'clock at the residence by Rev. W.L. Sturtevant, pastor of the Branchville 
Methodist Church, and Rev. R.D. Stephenson of Franklin in the absence of her 
pastor, Rev. N.B. Habel.  The choir of the Branchville Baptist Church sang 
"Safe In The Arms Of Jesus," "Good Night and Good Morning," and "Beautiful 
Isle Of Somewhere."  The casket was covered with a pall of roses and calla 
lilies.  The floral designs were many and beautiful.  Burial was in Beechwood 
Cemetery, Boykins. 

  Pallbearers were Jack Derby, Braxton Derby, George Derby, Sidney T. Boothe, 
Dr. J.J. Grizzard, Wilbert Grizzard, J.V. Beale, Wallace Derby, Shelly Joyner 
and R.A. Bryant.  Honorary pallbearers were friends of the family. 


Ella Dixie (DERBY; Mrs. Aubrey Franklin Holland "Frank") BEALE, 
b. 12 Oct 1876, NC, d. 15 May 1949, Franklin, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 196*), Boykins, 
   17 May 1949, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 44, No. 31, Fri., May 20, 1949, p. 5 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Cheryl Proffitt - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #68245834. 

D.Cert. 11791 (Franklin #31) also gives her father as Alonzia. 

Frank's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 28, 1954, Sect. 2, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400a20o.txt 

Her father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. D, 
   3rd VA Infantry. 

The obit of Alonzo's sister Lucy A. DERBY appeared in the "[Richmond] 
   News-Leader," May 3, 1916, p. 10. 


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