Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, Walter M., 1980 

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WALTER MATTHEWS BEALE

   Franklin - Funeral services for Walter Matthews Beale, 84, were held Sunday 
in Wright Funeral Home, by the Rev. Kenneth Williams.  Burial was in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Harry Barrett Jr., Bill Hinkle, Walter L. Young Sr., 
Aubrey Lankford, Marvin Worrell, Jimmy Daughtrey, Hunter Darden Jr. and 
Vaughan Beale.

   Beale died Friday in his home.

   He was a native of Southampton County and the husband of Mrs. Eva Wilson 
Beale.

   He was a charter member of Sunbeam Baptist Church and a retired farmer.

   Other survivors include one son, Walter Beale III* of Franklin; one 
stepdaughter, Rebecca M. Edwards of Franklin; two stepsons, Ben Myrick of 
Falls Church and Dwight Myrick of Poplin; two sisters, Janie B. Young of 
Franklin and Dana B. Gulley of Goldsboro, N.C. and three grandchildren.


Walter Matthews BEALE, retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 3 Oct 1980, Franklin, age 84, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 204*), Franklin, 
   5 Oct 1980, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 9, 1980, p. 6A 

*Additional inforamtion: 

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

His first wife's obits ("Tidewater News," Aug. 20, 1948, p. 4; & 
   Aug. 27, 1948, p. 1) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400e10o.txt 

Her obit gives their son as Walter Matthews Beale, Jr.  Her father-in-law's 
   middle name was Lee. 


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

file at: 
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