Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brett, Jimmie G., 1977 

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JIMMIE GUY BRETT 

   Como, N.C. - Jimmie Guy Brett, 82, died Friday in a hospital. 

   A native of Como, he was the husband of the late Ruth Ann Cook Brett, and a 
member of New Hope Methodist Church. 

   Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. James H. Lee of Murfreesboro, N.C., 
Mrs. William T. Rhodes of Zuni, and Mrs. J.T. Sumner of Potecasi, N.C.; a son, 
William C. Brett of Handsom, Va.; seven grandchildren; and three great-
grandchildren. 

   A funeral will be held Monday at 3:30 p.m. in Purviance Funeral chapel, 
Wakefield, by the Rev. Harry W. Bunch. Burial will be in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery, Franklin.  The family will be at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 
9. 


"Jimmie" James Guy BRETT, retired farmer, 
b. 9 Sep 1894, Como, Hertford Co., NC, d. 27 May 1977, Suffolk, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 199*), Franklin, 
   30 May 1977, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), May 29, 1977 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #110774457. 

D.Cert. 77-016106 

His wife's obits ("Virginian-Pilot" & "Tidewater News," June 1967) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630r3ob.txt 

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

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

His parents are marked in the New Hope Church Site Historic Cemetery, near 
   Como, Hertford Co., NC.  His 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. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630j3ob.txt