Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Britt, Mary Stephenson, 1941 

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MARY STEPHENSON BRITT 

   Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Stephenson Britt, who died early Tuesday 
morning at her home in Boykins were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the home 
at 3:00 o’clock by the Rev. F.B. Handley of Crewe, the Rev. Felix Arnold of 
Boykins Baptist Church, the Rev. E.B. Loving of Boykins Methodist Church, and 
the Rev. R.D. Stephenson, her brother, of Franklin Baptist Church.  A 
quartette, Mrs. H.M. Purviance, Miss Emily Hines, Mrs. A.M. Williams and L.L. 
Story, sang "Abide With Me," and Mrs. Purviance sang as a solo "No Night 
There."  There was a large attendance as Mrs. Britt numbered many friends, 
and there were many beautiful floral designs.  The casket was covered with 
pink rosebuds and gypsophila.

   Pallbearers were: B.D. Stephenson, W.H. Stephenson, J.P. Stephenson, C.E. 
Stephenson, L.L. Hoggard, C.H. Britt, J.A. Johnson and S.P. Britt.  Honorary 
pallbearers were relatives and friends of Mrs. Britt.

   Mrs. Britt was the daughter of the late David Newsoms and Mrs. Lucy Gay 
Stephenson of Northampton County, N.C.  She is survived by her husband, W. 
Herbert Britt; two daughters, Miss Lucy Britt of Boykins, and Mrs. Walter G. 
Garris of Suffolk; two sisters, Mrs. J.A. Johnson of Norfolk, and Mrs. L.L. 
Hoggard of Suffolk; five brothers, the Rev. R.D. Stephenson of Franklin, J.P. 
Stephenson of Petersburg, C.E. Stephenson of Norfolk and B.D. and W.H. 
Stephenson, both of Pendleton, N.C.


Mary (STEPHENSON; Mrs. W. Herbert) BRITT, 
Northampton Co., NC native, d. 10 Jun 1941, at home, Boykins, age 57, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 1, Section D, Plot 4*), Boykins, 
   11 Jun 1941, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 13, 1941, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," May 27, 1954) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630w6ob.txt 


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