Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, Walter L., 1938 

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WALTER LEE BEALE

   Walter Lee Beale, born April 18, 1863, the son of the late William and Jane 
Pittman Beale of Franklin community, died Friday morning at Memorial Hospital, 
Richmond, after a prolonged illness.  Mr. Beale was educated in the schools of 
his community and at Reynoldson Academy at Gates, N.C.  Returning to Franklin 
from school at Gates he married Miss Anne Miller and went to live in the 
Handsom community.  To this union one daughter, Miss Elsie Beale of Franklin, 
was born.  Mrs. Annie Miller Beale, having died September 13, 1891, in April 
1893, he married Miss Fannie Matthews, who preceded him in death six weeks 
ago.  Seven children were born to this union, Mrs. R.L. Young of Franklin, 
William Emory Beale of Holland, Mrs. James K. Gulley of Goldsboro, N.C., 
Ryland Beale of Courtland, Carroll H. Beale of Chowan College, Murfreesboro, 
N.C., W.M. Beale of Franklin, and Miss Laura Beale of Exmore, all of whom 
survive, as do 12 grandchildren and 20 nieces and nephews, and one brother, 
J.W. Beale, of Franklin.

   Early in life Mr. Beale became a member of Bethany Christian Church and was 
a communicant until the church was discontinued.  Upon moving back to Franklin 
community in 1920 he and Mrs. Beale joined Sycamore Baptist Church, where he 
held a useful membership until his death.  He was one of the county’s most 
prominent and successful business men, his consideration and generosity 
endearing his to those who sought his help.

   Funeral services were conducted from his residence, Sunday afternoon at 3 
o’clock by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson, the Rev. L.F. Paulette of Smithfield, and 
the Rev. Floyd P. Davis of Courtland.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, 
Franklin.

   Active pallbearers were: Roger I. Beale, D.T. Prince, James I. Beale, 
Wesley Beale, Lee Beale of Richmond. James A. Johnson, William Beale of 
Richmond, W.H. Jones.  Honorary pallbearers were: Claude J. Edwards, Clayton 
Cobb, Alfred Cobb, Wiley Johnson, George Watkins, J.T. Vaughan, Roscoe 
Edwards, L.W. Vaughan, W.L. Taylor, Dr. J.C. Rawls, Roy Freeman, Harry 
Steinhardt, R.C. Councill, L.M. Edwards, Rob Howell, Herbert Cobb, P.A. 
Cabell, Tyler Edwards, J.C. Daughtrey, C.F. Whitfield, Edward and Dewey 
Howell, Roswell Hart, E.F. Drake, W.H. Lankford, G.G. Smith, Edgar Weede, 
Hunter Darden, Cyrus Beale, Arthur Fowler, W.O. Bristow, I.Q. Wiggins, H.G. 
Councill, Henry Lawrence, Bailey Maddrey, E.L. Beale, Jas. T. Gillette, H.L. 
Westbrook, C.C. Vaughan, III, Jake Soble and R.I. Turner.


Walter Lee BEALE, of Franklin, 
b. 18 Apr 1863, Southampton Co., d. 8 Apr 1938, Richmond, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 18A*), Franklin, 
   10 Apr 1938, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 15, 1938, p. 1 

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

Additional information: 

His first marriage- 

Walter L. Beale, 22, single, b. & res. Southampton, 
   sn/o Wm. & Rebecca Beale, Farmer 
Annie M. Millar, 20, single, b. & res. Southampton, 
   dt/o Geo.W. & Mary* Millar [sic; Miller] 
m.lic. 13th Dec 1886, by clerk J.B. Prince 
m. 16th Dec 1886, near Nottoway Station, by M.L. Hurley 
(Southampton Co. MB6:102) 
[*1880 Census gives G.W., 42; Margaret, 32; M.A., 14; &c. (103-20)] 

His second marriage is not found in the Southampton Co. records. 

His second wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 25, 1938, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400f3ob.txt 


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