Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brooks, T. Ruth Fleetwood, 1969 

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THEODOSIA RUTH FLEETWOOD BROOKS

   BATH, N.C. - A funeral service for Mrs. Ruth Fleetwood Brooks was conducted 
at 11 a.m. Friday in Paul Funeral Chapel, Washington, N.C., by the Rev. Robert 
Royal, the Rev. A.C.D. Noe, and the Rev. William Haney.  A committal service 
was held 3 p.m. Friday in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, Va. by Dr. Ira D. 
Hudgins.

   Mrs. Brooks, 79, died Wednesday in Beaufort County Hospital, Washington, 
after a brief illness.

   A native of Northampton County, she was a daughter of John and Mrs. Anna 
Powell Fleetwood and the widow of Braxton A. Brooks of Beaufort County.

   She was a member of Bath Missionary Baptist Church.

   Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Edgar Tankard of Bath; two grandchildren; 
and a great-grandchild.


Theodosia Ruth (FLEETWOOD; Mrs. Braxton A. Sr.) BROOKS, formerly of Franklin, 
Northampton Co., NC native, d. 9 Jul 1969, Washington, NC, age 79, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 72B*), Franklin, 
   11 Jul 1969, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 14, 1969, p. 2 

*Buried with brother J.H. Leland FLEETWOOD. 
 Her husband is buried nearby with his 1st wife- her sister Eunice- along 
    with Ruth's parents, 3 of her children, and another sister- 
    Section 1, Plot 71. 
 Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Eunice's obit ("Tidewater News," 14 Jul 1916) is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b620e1ob.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 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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