Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Britt, Ethel L. Hart, 1932 

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ETHEL HART BRITT 

   Mrs. Ethel Hart Britt, wife of B.F. Britt of Boykins, died at her home in 
that town December 16 after an illness of several years duration.  She was in 
her 47th year, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hart of 
Boykins, and on April 27, 1910, was married to B.F. Britt, who survives her 
with their daughter, Miss Mabel Britt, a student at the College William and 
Mary.

   Mrs. Britt received her elementary education in the Boykins schools, later 
attending and graduating from the Blackstone College for Girls.  Early in life 
she became a member of the Boykins M.E. Church where she was a faithful and 
loyal worker, a valuable member of church choir and of the different women’s 
organizations of the church.  She was also actively interested in the Boykins 
Woman’s Club and the W.C.T.U.  The sufferings of impaired health were borne 
for several years with Christian fortitude and patience, and she leaves an 
honorable name with her family and a wide circle of friends as a devoted wife 
and mother, a generous neighbor and a useful Christian citizen.

   Besides her husband and daughter, she is survived by three sisters, Mrs. 
S.J. Myrick, Mrs. A.L. Knight and Mrs. B.R. Bryant, of Boykins; two brothers, 
A.B. Hart of Boykins and R.E. Hart of Smokey Ordinary, besides a number of 
nieces, nephews and other relatives.

   Her funeral was conducted Sunday afternoon by her Pastor, Rev. R.L. Haga, 
assisted by Rev. F.B. Handley and Rev. Rufus Bradley, interment being made in 
Beechwood Cemetery.  The active pallbearers were: W.W. White, Jr., C.P. 
Spencer, Sam Britt, L.A. Hill, W.P. Burchette, B.D. Garris, Dr. J.M. Bland and 
W. Hugh Powell.  The honorary bearers were: W. Herbert Britt, Dr. A.R. Hodge, 
C.H. Britt, R.F. Marks, J.Y. Mason, C.F. Carlton, R.T. Tompkins, E.T. Britt, 
Hinton Smith, J.D. Ferguson, G.A. Powell, J.C. Stephenson, J.S. Drewry, H.M. 
Drewry, C.T. Beaton, H.G. Coleman, W.D. Mannes, T.H. Porter, F.A. Hines and 
Burton McLemore.


Ethel L. (HART; Mrs. Benjamin F.) BRITT, 
Boykins native, d. 16 Dec 1932, at home, Boykins, age 47, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 1, Section D, Plot 4*), Boykins, 
   18 Dec 1932, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 23, 1932, p. 1 

*Her brother is buried in adjacent Plot 3 (ANX1D-3). 
   Their parents are buried in Annex 2, Plot 90. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

Additional information: 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 26, 1943, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630b2ob.txt 

Her marriage record & brother Arthur's both give their mother as Eudora - 
   Southampton Co. MB14:47 & 108; file at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb14pt.txt 

Mrs. Robert M. HART appears as Cleora [Lewis WESTBROOK] in her own marriage 
   record (MB1A:440), the 1880 & 1900 Census, and on the cemetery list. 


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