Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, Roger I. Sr., 1947 

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ROGER IRVING BEALE

ROGER I. BEALE, SICK LONG TIME, DIES WEDNESDAY

"Prominent Industrialist And Business Man Succumbs 
 After Illness Lasting Nine Years."

   Roger Irving Beale, 64, president and general manager of the Franklin 
Peanut Company until ill health forces him to give up business, died Wednesday 
afternoon in Raiford Memorial Hospital.  He had been sick for nine years, most 
of which time he was confined to his home.

   The deceased was the son of the late James I. and L. Leora Beale of Isle of 
Wight County and Franklin.  He was educated at Randolph-Macon College and 
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and after leaving college he entered the 
peanut business here with his father.

   Mr. Beale was a member of the Bruner Class of the Franklin Baptist Church 
and former member of the local Rotary Club.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Josephine Frances Cobb Beale; a son, Roger I. 
Beale, Jr., of Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. R.L. Lewis of Fargo, N.D., and Mrs. 
Liluer B. Nixon of New York City; two brothers, Cyrus W. Beale of Richmond and 
James I. Beale, Jr., of Franklin; and several nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services will be held at the home this afternoon (Friday) at four 
o’clock, with Rev. Randolph L. Gregory, pastor of the Baptist Church, 
officiating, assisted by Rev. J.S. Maxey.

   Burial will be in the family plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   (A full account of Mr. Beale’s life will appear in next week’s issue of 
this paper, accompanied by details of the funeral.)

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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ROGER I. BEALE HELD AT RESIDENCE

   Funeral services for the late Roger I. Beale, who died in Raiford Memorial 
Hospital on Wednesday, September 10, after a period of ill health lasting nine 
years, were conducted from the residence on South High Street on Friday 
afternoon at four o’clock. Rev. Randolph L. Gregory, pastor of the Baptist 
Church, officiated, assisted by Rev. J.S. Maxey.

   A large crowd of friends and acquaintances assembled at the residence to 
pay a last tribute to a man who was known for his high ideals in public and 
private affairs, for his scrupulous honesty, and for his unfailing courtesy 
under all circumstances.  Throughout his long illness he was ever solicitous 
of the welfare of those who had been associates in business and of others with 
whom he had come in daily contact.

   Pallbearers were James C. Beale, Jr., Robert Beale, Cy Lewis Beale, and 
James I. Beale, 3rd, nephews of the deceased, W.C. Coker and Jesse A. Weede, 
all of Franklin, and Dr. W.D. Hankins and W.W. Miller, Jr., of Johnson City, 
Tenn.

   Interment was in the family plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery, where the grave 
was hidden beneath a profusion of floral offerings.


Roger Irving BEALE (Sr.), 
former president & general manager- Franklin Peanut Co.,  
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 10 Sep 1947, Franklin, age 64, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 43B*), Franklin, 
   12 Sep 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 12, 1947, p. 1; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 19, 1947, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 25, 1965), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400j12o.txt 


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