Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bain, John W., 1937 

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JOHN WALTER BAIN 

  John Walter Bain, 86, died Dec. 24 at his home near Ivor.

  Funeral services were conducted at the residence by the Rev. R.D. 
Stevenson [sic; Stephenson], of Franklin.  Burial was in the family 
burying ground.

  Surviving Mr. Bain are three daughters, Mrs. B.B. Herbert, of Norfolk; 
Mrs. S.A. Whitley and Miss Virginia Bain of Ivor, and one son, W.P. Bain 
of Wakefield.

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JOHN WALTER BAIN 

GOOD CITIZEN PASSES IN DEATH OF J.W. BAIN 

   John Walter Bain, one of Southampton County's best citizen and a man 
greatly beloved by all who knew him, died at his home "Oak Grove" near Ivor 
December 24, 1937, in his 86th year after an illness of two weeks.  Mr. Bain 
was a native of Sussex County, the son of the late J.N. and Mrs. Nancy Bain. 
He had lived the greater part of his long and useful life on the farm where 
he died, and we have not known many men of finer character than Walter Bain, 
and few indeed who have exemplified so thoroughly that well-deserved title of 
Christian Gentleman. 

   Mrs. Mattie Bristow Bain, his wife, died several years ago, as did a 
daughter, Mrs. Amy Bain Darden.  He is survived by one son, W. Tucker Bain of 
Wakefield; by three daughters, Mrs. B.B. Herbert of Norfolk, Mrs. Armistead 
Whitley of Smithfield and Miss Virgie Bain who lived with him; by Miss Lou 
Kitchen who has made her home with the Bain family since early childhood; 
three grandsons, and four granddaughters, besides a host of friends. 

   He had been a consistent member of Millfield Baptist Church for many years, 
and the church being at present without a pastor, funeral services were 
conducted from his home on Christmas Day by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson of 
Franklin.  Burial was made in the family cemetery on the homestead, and there 
were many from the county and beyond who came to sorrow for the passing of 
their friend. 

   The active pallbearers were: J.H. Felts, E.V. Stephenson, B.F. Boothe, 
Thos. N. Pulley, Armistead Whitley, B.B. Herbert, B.P. Taylor and Col. R.F. 
Bain of Wakefield.  Honorary pallbearers were selected from friends of the 
family. 


John Walter BAIN, retired farmer, 
b. 22 Dec 1851*, Sussex Co.*, d. 24 Dec 1937, at home "Oak Grove," near Ivor, 
interred in the BAIN family cemetery*, Ivor Rd., 25 Dec 1937, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 18, No. 41, Thurs., Dec. 30, 1937, p. 1, col. 2; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 32, No. 13, Fri., Jan. 7, 1938, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Located on Ivor Rd. (Rt. 616), between Berlin & Ivor. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-29): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol9.txt 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

D.Cert. 30709 (B&I #33) 

The 1900 Census - Berlin & Ivor Dist., Southampton Co. - gives b. Dec 1852. 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 8, 1922, p. 6), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b500m1ob.txt 

Their marriage record (Southampton Co. MB2:400) gives b. Southampton Co. 


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