Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barrett, Claudia M., 1956 

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CLAUDIA MEREDITH BARRETT

MISS CLAUDIA M. BARRETT

   Miss Claudia Meredith Barrett, 82, well known and beloved resident of 
Franklin, died Friday afternoon, September 14, at the home of her sister, Mrs. 
L.C. Holland, in Suffolk after having suffered a heart attack earlier in the 
day. 

   She was the daughter of the late Richard Crawford and Mary Estelle Powell 
Barrett of Franklin, and was one of the oldest members of the Franklin Baptist 
Church, where she had been active in all phases of church work until recent 
years.  She was a member of the Franklin Music Study Club for a number of 
years and was a charter member of the Franklin Book Club. 

   Surviving her are three sisters, Mrs. L.C. Holland of Suffolk and Mrs. 
Frank E. Howell and Mrs. Gene B. Rawls, both of Franklin; one brother, R. 
Sidney Barrett of Franklin, and a number of nieces and nephews. 

   Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in the chapel of W.J.M. 
Holland and sons Funeral Home with Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the Franklin 
Baptist Church officiating.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery. 

   Active pallbearers were Dr. Reginald Holland, Frank E. Howell, Jr., and 
Bruce Elliott, all of Suffolk; Richard Barrett of Newport News, and Charles 
Rawls, R. Sidney Barrett, Jr., and Charles B. Farmer of Franklin. 


Claudia Meredith BARRETT, 
Franklin native, d. 14 Sep 1956, at sister's home, Suffolk, age 82, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 41B*), Franklin, 
   16 Sep 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 20, 1956, Section I, p. 6 

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


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