Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Burgess, Virginia A. Branch, 1948 

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VIRGINIA A. BRANCH* BURGESS

   Mrs. Virginia Burgess, 97, widow of Mack Burgess, died at the home of her 
son, M.A. Burgess of Courtland, on Monday night, September 13, after a long 
illness.

   She was the daughter of the late Pinchart Burgess and Fannie Joyner Branch* 
of Southampton County, and one of the oldest members of the Vincent Grove 
Methodist Church.

   Besides her son she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. F.L. Hasty of 
Franklin; twelve grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Burgess were conducted Wednesday afternoon.


Virginia A. "Jennie" (BRANCH; Mrs. Mack M.) BURGESS, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 13 Sep 1948, at son's home, Courtland, age 97, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 3**), Franklin, 
   5 Sep 1948, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 17, 1948, p. 12 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Additional information: 

*This obituary, as originally published, and posted by us, wrongly gave her 
   maiden name as BRYANT.  The family sent a correction, which was confirmed 
   by her marriage record.  Her father's name was also rendered incorrectly. 

Mack Burgess, 24, Single, b. NC, res. Southampton, 
   sn/o ___ Burgess & ___ Burgess, Farmer 
Virginia Branch, 21, Single, b. & res. Southampton, 
   dt/o Penoch Branch & Fannie Branch 
m.lic. 2 Jan 1884, by clerk J.B. Prince 
m. 3 Jan 1884, at the Methodist Parsonage in Franklin, Southampton Co., VA, 
   by M.S. Colonna 
(Southampton Co. MB5:220) 

Penoch Branch, 43, Widowed, b. & res. Southampton Co., VA, 
   sn/o Austin & Sally Branch, Farmer 
Frances Joyner, 33, Single, b. & res. Southampton, 
   dt/o Jeremiah & Cherry Joyner 
m.lic. 17 Dec 1855, by deputy clerk Henry S. Howard 
m. 18 Dec 1855, Southampton, by B. Devany 
(Southampton Co. MB1:28; M.Reg. 1853-72, p. 3, ln. 24- 
 M.Reg. gives "Penock") 

Penock [Pennock] Branch & Emma Branch 
m.bond 13 Aug 1839; sec/wit John H. Boothe 
Pennock (Penoch) Branch & Emma Branch 
m. 15 Sep 1840, by Thos. J. Drumwright 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. 1750-1853, pp. 493, 720; 
 this volume was compiled from bonds 7 ministers' returns. 
 "Pinock" also appears {p. 570} as a witness to the m.bond of 
 John Portress/Portice [PORTIS] & Amelia Mumford/Munford/Mountford, 
 6 May 1848 {m. 11 May 1848}.) 


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

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