Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, Mills, 1939 

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MILLS BEALE

   Mills Beale, 80, well known farmer of this county, died last Saturday 
morning at his home near Franklin after an illness of a few months.  Mr. Beale 
had made Southampton County his home all his life and was the son of the late 
Harrison and Tabitha Johnson Beale.  He was a consistent member of Joyner’s 
Christian Church near Franklin.

   He is survived by three sons, Emmett Beale, of Sedley; Irving Beale, of 
Richmond, and Mills Beale, Jr. of Franklin; three daughters, Mrs. Walter Cobb, 
of Sedley; Mrs. Joseph Cutchin*, of Franklin, and Mrs. L.A. Blythe, of 
Suffolk; nine grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from Joyners 
Church by the Rev. R.E. Brittle and the Rev. S.W. Wilkinson.  Interment was in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery here with the following pallbearers: E.P. Jones, Harry 
Steinhardt, Jas. I. Beale, J. Edgar Weede, W.O. Bristow, J.W. Cotton, Hunter 
Blythe and V.C. Lankford.  Relatives and friends were honorary bearers.


Mills BEALE (Sr.), farmer, lifelong resident of Southampton Co., 
d. 22 Apr 1939, at home, near Franklin, age 80, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 23**), Franklin, 
   23 Apr 1939, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 28, 1939, p. 1 

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

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

*original gave Cutchins; Mills' daughter Lizzie m. Joseph R. CUTCHIN. 
   His obit ("Tidewater News," July 12, 1956) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c325j1ob.txt 


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

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