Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brooks, E. Eunice Fleetwood, 1916 

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EUNICE FLEETWOOD BROOKS

MRS. B.A. BROOKS

  Mrs. Eunice Fleetwood Brooks died at her home in First Avenue Thursday 
morning at 3 o'clock* in her 25th year.  She had been in ill health for the 
past three years, and her death, though not unexpected, came as a great and 
severe shock to her loved ones and friends.  She was a member of the Franklin 
Baptist church, and a young woman of many fine traits of character.  Her 
mother died several years ago and her father, Mr. J.C. Fleetwood, one of 
Franklin's most highly esteemed citizen's died in May 1915.  She is survived 
by her husband, B.A. Brooks; a little daughter, Dorothy, of two years; three 
brothers, C.B. Fleetwood of Marion, S.C., L. Fleetwood and J.V. Fleetwood of 
Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. G.W. Hedgepeth* of Holland and Miss Ruth Fleetwood 
of Franklin. 

   The funeral services were conducted from the Franklin Baptist church 
yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock by Dr. J.L. Lawless of Holland, assisted by 
Dr. C.H. Rowland of the Christian Church.  Her pastor, Rev. J.L. McCutcheon, 
was prevented from being present by sickness.  The active pallbearers were 
Barclay Pretlow, W.T. Pace, Jr., Roscoe Stephenson, Ed. Lawrence, Ryland Rose, 
Stanley Holland, Richard Peters and Edgar Weede.  Honorary pallbearers, Dr. 
J.C. Rawls, J.A. Pretlow, M.H. Moore, Geo. R. Hayes, J.R. Howell, W.T. Pace. 


Ester Eunice FLEETWOOD (Mrs. Braxton A. Sr.) BROOKS, 
d. 13 Jul 1916, at home, Franklin, age 25, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 71*), Franklin, 
   13 Jul 1916, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 14, 1916 

*Cemetery list gives her sister Annie R. as Mrs. George Washington HEDGEBETH. 
   Their sister T. Ruth & brother J.H. Leland are in Plot 72B. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Additional information: 

Eunice's death certificate (1916-262-18786) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/b620e1dc.txt 

Braxton Arthur Brooks, 27, s, blank, So.Co., Percer, 
   s/o Caleb Jackson and Penelope Gibbs Brooks 
m. 07-24-1913 Fairmont Baptist Park Church, Norfolk, Va. by Rev. J.D. Peebles 
Esther Eunice Fleetwood, 22, s, Northampton Co., N.C., 
   d/o James Charlton and Anna Maria Powell Fleetwood 
(Southampton Co. MB15:221; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 
126. m. 07/24/1913, Norfolk, Va., by J.D. Peebles 
B.A. Brooks, 22, single, b. Northampton Co., res. Southampton Co., 
   parents not given, Percer [Purser] 
E. Eunice Fleetwood, 22, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o J.C. & A.M. Fleetwood 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb15pt.txt) 

Eunice's widower 2m. her sister Ruth.  Ruth's obit ("Tidewater News," 
   July 14, 1969, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b620r3ob.txt 

The obit ("The {Richmond, VA} Times," Oct. 29, 1901, p. 6) of their paternal 
   grandfather, Rev. Joshua Charlton FLEETWOOD, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f433j1ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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