Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, Raby R., 1957 

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RABY RANDOLPH BEALE

   Raby Randolph Beale, 60, farmer and merchant of the Black Creek community, 
died at his home on Monday morning, October 21. 

   He was the husband of Mrs. Estelle Willis* Beale and the son of the late 
Thomas Exum and Mrs. Stella Saunders Beale.  He was a member of Black Creek 
Baptist Church. 

   Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Fenton O. Beale; a brother 
Leland Beale, Sr.; and two grandchildren, Rhonda and Ray Beale, all of the 
Black Creek community. 

   Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in the chapel of the 
W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by Rev. Len B. Allen, pastor of Black 
Creek Baptist Church, Rev. G.C. Cruthchfield, pastor of Mt. Carmel Christian 
Church and Rev. W.B. Watson of the Columbia Baptist Church, Fluvanna County. 

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Pallbearers were C.C. Edwards, M.H. 
Lowe, C.W. Bulls, L.E. Bradshaw, J.R. Tomlin, R.T. Barrett, A.T. Hatfield and 
S.C. Bristow.  Honorary pallbearers were members of his Sunday School class 
and friends of the family. 


Raby Randolph BEALE, farmer and merchant, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 21 Oct 1957, at home, Black Creek, age 60, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 30**), Franklin, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 24, 1957 

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

Additional information: 

*His wife's maiden name was WILLS.  Their marriage record - 

Raby Randolph Beale, 21, s, So.Co., So.Co., farmer, 
   s/o Thomas Exum and Stella Maria Saunders Beale 
m. 02-27-1919 Isle of Wight Co., Va. by Rev. E.T. Cotton 
Mary Estelle Wills, 19, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o Octavius and Wager A.V. Gardner Wills 
(Southampton Co. MB17:383; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

033. m. 02/27/1919, Isle of White, by E.T. Cotton 
Raby R. Beale, 21, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o T.E. & Stella M. Beale, Farmer 
Mary E. Wills, 19, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o Octavius & Wager Wills 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb17pt.txt) 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 13, 1920, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400t1ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400r1ob.txt