Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brett, Leo L., 1967 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LEO LONNIEWOOD BRETT ZUNI - A funeral service for Leo L. Brett was conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. R.E. Abbott and the Rev. Grover C. Holder. Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin. Pallbearers were Cadmus Stephenson, Alvan Munford*, Robert Lowe, Alvin Brock, Lonnie Umphlette, William Billups, Navie Britt and Roger Britt. Brett, 78, died in a Franklin hospital Monday. A native of Hertford County, N.C., he lived most of his life and farmed in Southampton County. He was a son of James and Mrs. Mary Johnson Brett. He was a member of New Hope Methodist Church, Como, N.C. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary Whitley Brett; four sons, Herbert L. Brett of Carrsville, Lloyd Brett of Walters, James Brett of Wilson, N.C., and Archie Q. Brett of Zuni; three daughters, Mrs. Josie B. Butler of Zuni, Mrs. Gracie B. Gray of Newsoms, and Mrs. Alice B. Britt of Ivor; two sisters, Mrs. Vennie Williams of Gates, N.C. and Mrs. Blanche Miles of Sunbeam; a brother J.G. Brett of Como; 15 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Leo Lonniewood BRETT, Southampton Co. farmer, Hertford Co., NC native, d. 18 Dec 1967, Franklin, age 78, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 199**), Franklin, 20 Dec 1967, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 21, 1967, p. 9 **Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt *"Alvin Mumford" in original text changed to "Alvan Munford" see Black Creek Cemetery list (BC-22): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt Leo's widow's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Jan. 6, 1976) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630m2ob.txt 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/b630l10o.txt