Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bowles, Walter K., 1939 

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WALTER K. BOWLES 

   Walter K. Bowles, aged 66 years, well-known resident of the Newsoms 
community, died Thursday night after an illness of one year.  Mr. Bowles is 
survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Vick Bowles; two daughters, Mrs. Kate 
Holland and Mrs. H.M. Butler; one son, B.L. Bowles, all of Portsmouth; 
four brothers, J.H. Bowles, of North Emporia; W.T. Bowles, of Sunbeam; D.F. 
Bowles, of Suffolk, and A.J. Bowles, of Portsmouth; three sisters, Mrs. 
Lucy Gay, of Portsmouth; Mrs. Fannie Daughtrey, of Portsmouth, and Mrs. 
C.D. Crumpler, of Sunbeam; ten nieces and fourteen nephews.

   Funeral services will be held at Newsoms Methodist Church Saturday 
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, the Rev. C.F. Moseley officiating.  Interment 
will be Newsoms Cemetery.

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WALTER K. BOWLES

   Services for Walter K. Bowles, Newsoms community resident who died at the 
age of 66 on Thursday night of last week were conducted at Newsoms Methodist 
Church last Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.  The Rev. H.F. Turner of 
Boykins Methodist Church officiated, assisted by the Rev. C.F. Moseley of 
Newsoms Methodist Church, the Rev. D.S. Dempsey of Portsmouth and the Rev. 
R.E. Brittle of Suffolk.  A trio from Jackson Memorial Methodist Church, 
Portsmouth, sang "The Christian’s Goodnight."  The choir of the Newsoms 
Methodist Church sang "Nearer My God to Thee" and "The Land Where We Never 
Grow Old."

   Pall bearers were Peter Worrell, John Worrell, Ben Rountree, Hugh Vincent, 
Ernest Cutchin, Luther Gray, T.L. Mulder and Amos Porter.  The casket was 
covered with a pall of roses and lilies.


Walter K. BOWLES, of Newsoms, 
d. 3 Aug 1939, Franklin, age 66, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 5 Aug 1939, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 4, 1939, p. 8; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 11, 1939 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-5): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His widow 2m. widower William D. VICK.  They are also buried in Hollywood 
   Cemetery, possibly unmarked.  (N-70&72) 

His first wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 1, 1918, p. 1), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b420m2ob.txt 

An abstract of his mother's death certificate (1919-477-20090), with her 
   marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/b420m1dc.txt 

Her obit ("Tidewater News," July 25, 1919) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b420m1ob.txt 


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