Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Burgess, Pauline S. Pope, 1927 

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PAULINE SUSAN POPE BURGESS

   Mrs. R.L. Burgess, age 44 years, died at her home in this community last 
Tuesday, July 12, after a lingering illness of many years.  Mrs. Burgess lived 
a quiet Christian life and bore her illness with patience.  She had been a 
member of Whitehead’s Methodist Church since girlhood.  The funeral services, 
attended by a large number of relatives and friends, were conducted Wednesday 
afternoon from the home by a former Pastor, Rev. W.H. Riddick, her present 
Pastor, her former Pastor, Rev. A.K. Lambdin, being out of town.  She is 
survived by her husband and three children, Joseph, Page and Julia Ann, one 
sister, Miss Etta Pope, of the community, and a brother, W.R. Pope, of 
Norfolk.  The body was buried in the family plot on the home plantation and 
there were many beautiful floral designs.  The body bearers were: P.B. Edwards 
of Joyner, E.M. Barkley of Boykins, Ashby Pope, Lewis Worrell, Charlie Pope 
and Mr. Kirkland.


Pauline Susan* (POPE; Mrs. Reuben L.) BURGESS, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 12 Jul 1927, at home, Capron, age 44, 
interred in the family cemetery, 13 Jul 1927, 
marked in Capron Cemetery**, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 22, 1927, p. 6 

*Her Death Certificate (#16869) gives "Paulina Sue." 

**possibly moved; marked with husband. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-6): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 28, 1966, p.3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b622r1ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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