Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bristow, Richard E., 1927 

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RICHARD EXUM BRISTOW

   Richard Exum Bristow died at Lakeview Hospital, Suffolk, Sunday, January 2, 
1927.  He gave up farming some years ago on account of poor health and had 
been confined to the house seven weeks prior to his death.

   He was born April 17, 1889, at the old Bristow homestead near Corinth 
Church and was the son of the late Richard Allen and Martha White Bristow. 
His life was spent at and near the old home until two years ago when he moved 
to Ivor to become postmaster.  He was educated at Franklin Military Academy 
and at Guilford College, N.C.  He was principal of Corinth Academy during the 
years 1923-24 and 1924-25.

   He married Caroline Elizabeth Collier of Goldsboro, N.C., November 18, 
1915, and their union was blessed with four children, Margaret Aline, Edna 
Kathryn, Millicent, and Richard Allen Bristow.  Two brothers and one sister 
survive, A.S.H. Bristow of New York City, Thomas N. Bristow of Franklin, and 
Mrs. Herbert Cox of Clarkton, N.C.

   He was a member of Corinth Friends Church and his burial service was 
conducted by his Pastor, Rev. Leslie Frazier and by Rev. Nathan Pickett of 
Sedley.  Interment was made in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, and the body 
bearers were: E. Jerome, T. Philip, Hunter D. and E. Wistar Raiford, L.T. 
Saunders and J.T. Faircloth of Ivor, Isaac C. White of Franklin and Paul Cox 
of Suffolk.


Richard Exum BRISTOW, retired farmer, Ivor postmaster, 
former principal of Corinth Academy, 
b. 17 Apr 1889, near Corinth, d. 2 Jan 1927, Suffolk, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 97B*), Franklin, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 7, 1927, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 


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