Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bunn, Viola Miles, 2000 

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VIOLA MILES BUNN 

  Viola Miles Bunn, 88, a longtime resident of Newsoms, died Jan. 13, 2000. 
She was born Sept. 27, 1911, in Southampton County, a daughter of the late 
Henry Thomas and Josephine Kitchen Miles.  She was the widow of Bennie Lee 
Bunn to whom she was married for 62 years. 

  Mrs. Bunn was a longtime bookkeeper for Peebles Department Store in Boykins. 
She was a member of Newsoms Baptist Church, where she was a former Sunday 
School teacher, a member of the choir, the WMU and the Golden Age Club. 

  Survivors include her daughter, Mary B. Watson and her husband, David, of 
Suffolk; her son, K. Braxton Bunn and his wife, Frances, of Newsoms; seven 
grandchildren, Cindy Vander Berg and her husband, Paul, of Fredericksburg, 
Greg O'Berry of Newport News, Ken Bunn and his wife, Emily, of Courtland, 
Brandy Bunn of Newsoms, David Watson and his wife, Lisa, of Gainesville, 
Fla., Durrah Watson of Hawaii, and Dwayne Watson and his wife, Tonya, of 
Mechanicsville; six great-grandchildren, Tara O'Berry, Morgan Bunn, Jonathan 
Watson, Justin Watson, Alana Watson and Kelsey Watson.  She was predeceased 
by a son, Rochelle Miles Bunn. 

  A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Newsoms Baptist Church by the 
Rev. Curtis Faison and the Rev. Kenneth Williams.  Burial will be in Hollywood 
Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Wright 
Funeral Home, Boykins, and suggests that memorials be made to Newsoms Baptist 
Church, 29339 S. Main St., Newsoms , VA 23874, or to a favorite charity. 


Viola (MILES; Mrs. Bennie Lee) BUNN, retired bookkeeper, 
b. 27 Sep 1911, Southampton Co., d. 13 Jan 2000, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 16 Jan 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Jan. 15, 2000, p. B4 

*Her father & all three of his wives are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-12, 45 & 46): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

Her father's obit "Tidewater News," Apr. 22, 1949, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m420h1ob.txt 


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