Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brett, Joseph C. Sr., 1960 

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Mr. Brett, Sr., Succumbs at 75 

  FRANKLIN - Joseph Carvasso Brett, Sr., 75, well known retired farmer and 
merchant of Como, N.C., died Wednesday night at Raiford Memorial Hospital 
after an illness of many weeks. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the Holland 
Funeral Home by the Rev. H. Warren Landis, pastor of New Hope Methodist 
Church, near Como.  Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin. 

  He was the husband of Mrs. Clara Hunt Brett of the home and son of the late 
William C. and Rosa Ann Ferguson Britt of Southampton County. 

  He was a member of New Hope Methodist Church. 

  Besides his wife he is survived by two sons, Claude William Brett of 
Portsmouth and Joseph C. Brett Jr., of Suffolk; two daughters, Mrs. Cyrus D. 
Howell of Como and Mrs. Willie L. Burrow of Franklin; a sister, Mrs. Nina 
Chitty of Suffolk, and 11 grandchildren. 

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JOSEPH CARVOSSO BRETT

RETIRED COMO MERCHANT

   Franklin - Joseph Carvosso Brett Sr., 75, well known retired farmer and 
merchant of Como, N.C., died in Raiford Memorial Hospital Wednesday night 
after an illness of many weeks. 

   He was the husband of Mrs. Clara Hunt Brett and a son of William C. and 
Mrs. Rosa Ann Ferguson Brett of Southampton County.  He was a member of New 
Hope Methodist Church, near Como. 

   Surviving besides his wife are two sons, Claude William Brett of 
Portsmouth, Va., and Joseph C. Brett, Jr. of Suffolk, Va., two daughters, 
Mrs. Cyrus D. Howell of Como and Mrs. Willie L. Borrow of Franklin; 11 
grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Nina Chitty of Suffolk. 

   A funeral service will be held at Holland Funeral Chapel today at 2:30 p.m. 
by the Rev. H. Warren Landis, pastor of New Hope Methodist Church.  Burial 
will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery. 


Joseph Carvosso BRETT, Sr., of Como, NC, retired farmer & merchant, 
b. 6 May 1885, NC*, d. 17 Aug 1960, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 188A*), Franklin, 19 Aug 1960, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 38, No. 196, Thurs., Aug. 18, 1960, p. 4; 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Aug. 19, 1960] 

*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 Rebecca Suiter - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #102752718. 

His m.rec. gives b. Southampton Co. 

D.Cert. 24843 (Franklin #46) 


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