Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Briggs, Alwyn E., 1953 

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ALWYN EARL BRIGGS

ALWYN BRIGGS DIES AT HOME IN SEBRELL

   Alwyn Earl Briggs, 61, died at his home in Sebrell at 10:20 o'clock 
Wednesday night, March 18, after a long illness.

   A member of the Sebrell Methodist Church, he was the son of the late 
Benjamin Franklin Briggs and Maria Louise Boothe Briggs of this county.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Janie Howell Briggs of Sebrell; two 
daughters, Mrs. Louise B. Childress of Norfolk and Mrs. Antionette B. 
Eaton of Falls Church; two sons, A.E. Briggs, Jr. and William H. Briggs of 
Newport news; six grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Lannie B. Gardner of 
Suffolk; two brothers, B.B. Briggs of Suffolk and Garland B. Briggs of Port 
Washington, N.Y.; a niece, Miss Martha Wrenn Briggs of Port Washington, N.Y.; 
and a nephew, Dr. Henry L. Gardner, Jr., of Franklin.

   Services will be conducted at the grave in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland, 
this (Friday) afternoon at 1:30 o'clock by Rev. Otis L. Gilliam, pastor of 
the Sebrell Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. John M. Gessell, rector of 
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Courtland.

   Pallbearers will be Charles Bailey, S.N. Cobb, Beamon Davis, Stanley 
English, J.H. Gray, Jr., E.L. Marks, Jr., Carroll Vaughan and W.N. Whitehead.


Alwyn Earl BRIGGS, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 18 Mar 1953, at home, Sebrell, age 61, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 20*), Courtland, 
   20 Mar 1953, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 20, 1953, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 23, 1923, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b620b1ob.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 2, 1954, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b620j8ob.txt 


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