Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, Mills Jr., 1957 

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MILLS BEALE, JR.

MILLS BEALE, JR. - Funeral services for Mills Beale, Jr., were conducted this 
(Thursday) afternoon at 2 o'clock at the graveside in Poplar Spring Cemetery 
by Rev. Joe A. French pastor of Union Congregational Christian Church, 
assisted by Rev. Tucker Humphries, pastor of Franklin Congregational Christian 
Church. 

   Mr. Beale, 49, died Tuesday afternoon, March 26, in Raiford Memorial 
Hospital after an illness of several months. 

   A lifelong resident and farmer in Southampton County, he was the 
husband of Mrs. Margaret Frances Turner Beale, and a son of the late Mills 
and Ella Drake Beale of Southampton County.  He was a member of Union 
Congregational Christian Church 

   Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Mills Beale, 3rd, and 
Irving Denson Beale, both of Franklin; two brothers, Irving D. Beale of 
Richmond and Emmett Beale of Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. Rena Cobb of Sedley 
and Mrs. Kate Blythe of Franklin, and a number of nieces and nephews. 

   Active pallbearers were Maurice Cotton, Melvin Cotton, Harvey Lankford, 
Jr., Edward Blythe, Kelly Blythe, J.A. Surace, L.W. Councill, Sr., and E.B. 
Radar. 


Mills BEALE, Jr., farmer, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., d. 26 Mar 1957, Franklin, age 49, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 23*), Franklin, 
   28 Mar 1957, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 28, 1957 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 28, 1939, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400m8ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 11, 1936), with their 
   marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400e3ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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