Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, Fannie E. Matthews, 1938 

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FANNIE ELSA MATTHEWS BEALE

   Mrs. Fannie Matthews Beale, 69 years of age, died at her home near Franklin 
Monday night* after an illness of five months.  Mrs. Beale was the daughter of 
the late William and Mrs. Jane Matthews of Gates County, N.C., and on April 
12, 1893, married Walter Lee Beale, who survives her with four daughters, Miss 
Elsie Beale and Mrs. R.L. Young of Franklin; Mrs. J.K. Gulley of Goldsboro, 
N.C., and Miss Laura Beale of Exmore; four sons, Walter Beale, Jr., of 
Franklin; Emory Beale of Holland; Ryland Beale of Courtland, and Carroll Beale 
of Chowan College, Murfreesboro; two brothers, E.J. and C.C. Matthews, of 
Charlotte, N.C., 12 grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted from the home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 
o’clock by Mrs. Beale’s pastor, the Rev. Floyd P. Davis of Sycamore, assisted 
by a former pastor, Rev. L.F. Paulette of Smithfield and the Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson of Franklin.  Burial was made in the family plot in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery here, the active pallbearers being: Roger I., James Irvin, Wesley H. 
and J.W. Beale, Jr. of Richmond, D.T. Prince, James A. Johnson, J. Edward 
Howell and W.A. Jones.  Honorary bearers were selected from a number of 
friends of the family.


Fannie Elsa (MATTHEWS; Mrs. Walter L. {Sr.}) BEALE, 
Gates Co., NC native, d. 22 Feb 1938*, at home, near Franklin, age 69, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 18A*), Franklin, 
   23 Feb 1938, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 25, 1938, p. 1 

*Cemetery list gives d. 22 Feb (Tuesday), rather than Monday. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Additional information: 

Her marriage is not found in the Southampton Co. records. 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 15, 1938, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400w13o.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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