Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bulls, Margaret J. Pond, 1955 

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Mrs. Margaret Jane Bulls, 84, 

Buried March 13 in Sedley

Mrs. Margaret Jane Bulls, (better known to her friends as Maggie Pond Bulls), 
84, died March 11 at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.

Mrs. Bulls was the daughter of George Washington and Catherine Cobb Pond, of 
Southampton County, and was one of the oldest members of the Black Creek 
Baptist Church.  She was very active in the TEL Class and the WMU Society of 
the church.

Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Annie Drake, Mrs. Lottie Ranch Bott, both 
of Sedley, Mrs. Mattie Bradshaw of Waverly; Mrs. Nellie Raiford of Ivor, and 
Mrs. Alma Bradshaw of Franklin, five sons, R.C. Bulls, Eddie Bulls and Otis 
Bulls, all of Sedley; Jasper Bulls of Smithfield; and Charlie Bulls of 
Franklin; 42 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren; two sisters Mrs. Lea 
Bradshaw of Franklin and Mrs. Ida Lowe of Sedley; three brothers, Norfleet 
Pond of Richmond and M.M. Pond of Sedley and George Pond of Zuni and a number 
of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were conducted from the Black Creek Baptist Church March 13th 
at 3 pm by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the Franklin Baptist Church and 
the Rev. R.D. Stephenson, former pastor of the Franklin Baptist Curch.  Burial 
was in the family cemetery near Sedley.


Margaret Jane "Maggie" (POND; Mrs. Irving) BULLS, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 11 Mar 1955, Suffolk, age 84, 
interred in the BULLS family cemetery*, Harris Rd., 13 Mar 1955, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Thurs., Mar. 24, 1955, p. 1, col. 4 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 5 (V-39): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol5.txt 

The cemetery list also cites an obit from "The Tidewater News," Mar. 17, 
   but we do not have that text. 

An abstract of her husband's Death Certificate (1923-16692), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/b420i1dc.txt 

Her father is buried with the third of his four wives in Rosemont Cemetery, 
   Sedley.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Rosemont list (S-54): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

Her mother, the first wife, is buried with the second in the POND family 
   cemetery, also on Harris Rd. (Rt. 637). 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 5 (V-39): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol5.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Ann Marie Piland, and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b420m4ob.txt