Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barkley, Paul E., 1930 

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BOYKINS YOUTH IS INSTANTLY KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT 

  Paul Barkley, nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Barkley of 
Boykins, was accidentally killed Tuesday morning, August 12, by being crushed 
between an automobile and a telephone pole.  He was assisting his uncle in 
delivering apples and was riding on the running board of the car when it 
swerved into the pole crushing the boy's skull.  He was killed almost 
instantly by the contact. 

  Although just a lad Paul was kind, obedient and thoughtful of others.  His 
quiet unassuming manner won for him a number of friends, old as well as young. 
He was quite popular with his playmates and was loved by all who knew him.  He 
was a member of the Boykins Baptist Church and a regular attendant at Sunday 
school, Junior B.Y.P.U., and services of the church.  Paul will be greatly 
missed by all those who came in contact with him. 

  He is survived by his mother and father, one brother, Eppa Bland Barkley, 
and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Barnes of Newsoms, besides numerous 
other relatives. 

  The funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from 
the home of his parents by Rev. Frank B. Handley of Boykins Baptist Church and 
Dr. Kelly White of Nashville.  A special vocal selection was sung by Alwyn 
Howell of Suffolk.  Interment was made in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. 

  The active pallbearers were: R.C. Knight, Jr., Hart Knight, Guy Rountree, 
Hugh Powell, Jr., Malcolm Coleman and Jack Powell.  The honorary pallbearers 
were: Fred Story, Joe Drewry, Jr., Montgomery and Sam Purviance, Norfleet 
Spiers, Moseley Powell, Lewis Davis, Elmo Wilson, Gilbert Francis, Lloyd 
Allen, Eldridge Britt, Horace Hines, Charles Edgar Beaton and Bill Draper, 
all his classmates at school or boys of his approximate age. 

  Besides a host of friends and relatives from Newsoms and community, others 
attending the funeral from a distance were: B.C. Barkley and family, Mrs. 
Brown Barkley and Mrs. Rosa Barkley of Portsmouth, Mrs. Mollie Pond of 
Norfolk, Mrs. R.L. Barkley and two children of Raleigh, Mrs. Len Lassiter of 
Conway, N.C., Mrs. Willis Lewis of Rosemary, P.E. Knight and daughter of 
Courtland, Mrs. W.P. Gillette of Capron, Mrs. F.T. Leathers and Miss 
Marguerite Leathers of Windsor, Va., and Jim and Roy Knight of Wakefield. 

  The floral tributes were many and beautiful. 


Paul E. BARKLEY, son of Edwin M. & Inez E. (BARNES) BARKLEY, 
b. 9 Sep 1921, Newsoms, killed in crash 12 Aug 1930, Boykins, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 1, Section C, Plot 9/10*), Boykins, 
   13 Aug 1930, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 25, No. 45, Fri., Aug. 15, 1930, p. 1 

*His parents & paternal grandparents are buried in the same plot. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Judy McKinley - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #67451594. 

D.Cert. 20191 (Boykins #21) 


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