Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brett, Fannie L. Brett, 1944 

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FANNIE LEE BRETT 

   Franklin, Aug. 26 - Mrs. Fannie Lee Brett, 78, widow of Henry A. Brett, 
Hertford County, N.C., died Friday night at her home near Como after an 
illness of many months. 

   Mrs. Brett was the daughter of the late James and Emma Jane Whitley Brett, 
of Hertford County.  She was a member of New Hope Methodist Church. 

   Surviving her are four daughters, Mrs. G.B. Whitley,  Misses Hilda and 
Eunice Brett of Como, N.C., and Mrs. H.W. Gray of Portsmouth; 15 grandchildren 
and two great grandchildren; seven sisters, Mrs. Rosa Hill, of Portsmouth; 
Mrs. Annie Whitley, of Como; Mrs. Jimmy Story and Mrs. Della Bowles of 
Suffolk; Mrs. Vennie Williams of Gates County, N.C.; Mrs. Blanch Gray, of 
Franklin and Mrs. S.E. Whitehead [sic; J.C. Whitfield], of Sunbeam; six 
brothers, Walter Brett, J.G. Brett, of Como; Woodard Brett, of Portsmouth; 
Leo Brett, of Zuni; H.D. Brett, of Sedley, and Luther Brett of Sunbeam. 

   Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at New Hope Methodist 
Church by Rev. L.G. Tinnell.  Interment will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery. 

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BLANEY LEE BRETT BRETT 

MRS. FANNIE L. BRETT 

   Mrs. Fannie Lee Brett, 78, widow of Henry A. Brett of Hertford County, 
N.C., died Friday night at her home near Como after an illness of many months. 

   Mrs. Brett was the daughter of the late James and Emma Jane Whitley Brett 
of Hertford County.  She was a member of the New Hope Methodist Church. 

   Surviving her are four daughters, Mrs. G.B. Whitley and Misses Hilda and 
Eunice Brett of Como and Mrs. H.W. Gray of Portsmouth; fifteen grandchildren 
and two great-grandchildren; seven sisters, Mrs. Rosa Hill of Portsmouth, Mrs. 
Annie Whitley of Como, Mrs. Jimmy Story and Mrs. Della Bowles of Suffolk, Mrs. 
Vennie Williams of Gates County, N.C., Mrs. Blanche Gray of Franklin, and Mrs. 
S.E. Whitehead [sic; J.C. Whitfield] of Sunbeam; and six brothers, Walter 
Brett and J.G. Brett of Como, Woodard Brett of Portsmouth, Leo Brett of Zuni, 
H.D. Brett of Sedley, and Luther Brett of Sunbeam. 

   Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at New Hope 
Methodist Church by the pastor, Rev. L.G. Tinnell.  Interment was in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.  The pallbearers were Dillard Riddick, W.F. Worrell, W.M. 
Worrell, J.A. Whitley, J.B. Ferguson, P.D. Howell, Foushee Railey and Jack 
Curle. 


"Fannie" Blaney Lee (BRETT; Mrs. Henry Augustus) BRETT, 
b. 8 May 1866, Hertford Co., NC, 
d. 25 Aug 1944, at home, near Como, Hertford Co., NC, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 75*), Franklin, 
   27 Aug 1944, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sun., Aug. 27, 1944; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 35, No. 46, Fri., Sep. 1, 1944, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #110552714. 

D.Cert. 19222 (Maney's Neck #5) 

Her husband left will 24 Mar 1938, proved 1 Mar 1939. 
   (Hertford Co., NC, WB F:146-47) 

Her father (1834 - 1915) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. H, 41st VA Infantry.  Her step-mother (1855 - 1930) applied for a 
   pension 28 Jun 1924 in Southampton Co. 

Her father left will 23 Oct 1903, proved 16 Dec 1915. 
   (Hertford Co., NC, WB D:373-75) 

Her father & step-mother are marked in the New Hope Church Site Historic 
   Cemetery, near Como, Hertford Co., NC.  Her father ("1833 - 1915") also 
   has a Confederate gravestone in a field just outside Como, NC. 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 
Additional information from Ann Marie Piland. 

file at: 
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