Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Burgess, Reuben L., 1966 

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REUBEN LEE BURGESS

   CAPRON - A graveside funeral service for Reuben Lee Burgess was conducted 
Thursday 2:30 p.m. in Capron cemetery by the Rev. Charles W. Spivey, the Rev. 
R.H. Marks and the Rev. Jimmie Trimmer.  Echols Funeral Home, Emporia, was in 
charge.

   Pallbearers were Charles B. Settle, P.A. Pope, Dr. David C. Williams, Monty 
Francis, Joe Claud, D.H. Bell, Lee Bain, Marvin Felton, Ira H. Barham.

   Burgess, 79, a Southampton County farmer, died Tuesday in a Franklin 
hospital.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of George Washington and Mrs. 
Virginia Cox Burgess.  He was a member of Capron Methodist Church.

   Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Curtis Brooks Jr. of Norfolk; two sons, Joe 
Burgess of Wakefield and Page Burgess of Norfolk; six sisters, Mrs. Hannah 
Pierce, Mrs. Jane Edwards and Mrs. Frances Little of Capron, Miss Bessie 
Burgess of Cheriton, Mrs. Minnie B. Marks of Suffolk, and Mrs. Hope Smith of 
Norfolk; seven grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.


Reuben Lee BURGESS, Southampton Co. farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 22 Nov 1966, Franklin, age 79, 
interred in Capron Cemetery, 24 Nov 1966, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 28, 1966, p. 3 

*Buried with his first wife. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-6): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

Her obit ("Tidewater News," July 22, 1927, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b622p1ob.txt 


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