Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brett, Lewis E. Sr., 1978 

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LEWIS ELBERT BRETT

   Franklin - Lewis Elbert Brett, Sr., 82, died Friday in Medical College of 
Virginia, Richmond.

   He was a native of Hertford County, N.C., and the husband of Mrs. Christie 
Whitley Brett. He was retired from Union Camp Corp.

   He was a member of Franklin Knights of Pythian Lodge 51. He was an Army 
veteran of World War I.

   Other survivors include two sons, Arthur R. Brett of Ashland and L.E. Brett, 
Jr. of Richmond; four sisters, Mrs. Thelma B. Britt and Miss Helen Brett of 
Murfreesboro, N.C., Mrs. Jennie Mae Williams of Windsor, and Mrs. Lucille 
Edwards of Franklin; five brothers, Walters A. Brett and Julian J. Brett of 
Murfreesboro, Dennis L. Brett of Franklin, Emmette C. Brett of Chesapeake; six 
grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.

   A funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in New Hope Methodist Church, Como, 
N.C. by Rev. Harry Bunch. Burial will be in Blackjack cemetery, Como, with 
Garrett Funeral Home, Murfreesboro in charge. The family will meet at the 
funeral home at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.


[Lewis Elbert BRETT, Sr., d. 20 Oct 1978, Richmond, age 82, 
 interred in Blackjack Cemetery*, 22 Oct 1978, 
 "The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Oct. 21, 1978] 

[*Blackjack is on the line but actually in Southampton County, Va.] 

[file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
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