Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, Ryland F. Sr., 1971 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ RYLAND FRANKLIN BEALE A graveside funeral service for Ryland Franklin Beale, Sr., 70, of Courtland was held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery by Rev. Harold Fuss and Rev. Bobby Tyson. A native and lifetime resident of Southampton County, he was a charter member and past president of the Courtland Ruritan Club and a member of the Courtland United Methodist Church and its board of Stewards. He was the husband of Mrs. Bessie Albritton Beale and a son of Walter Lee and Mrs. Fannie Mathews Beale. Besides his wife he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Bess Beale Atkins of Waverly; one son, Ryland F. Beale Jr. of Courtland; three sisters, Mrs. R.L. Young Sr. of Franklin; Mrs. James C. Gulley of Goldsboro, N.C.; Mrs. C.L. Wood of Norfolk and three brothers, Walter M. Beale of Franklin; Emery Beale of Holland; Rev. Carroll Beale of Jackson Springs, N.C. and five granddaughters. The family has requested in lieu of flowers that donations may be made to the building fund of Courtland United Methodist Church. Ryland Franklin BEALE, Sr., of Courtland, lifetime resident of Southampton Co., d. 22 Jun 1971, Ahoskie, NC, age 70, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 183*), Franklin, 23 Jun 1971, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 24, 1971, p. 6 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," May 20, 1974, p. 10) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400b10o.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/b400r9ob.txt