Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brett, Mary Eliza Beale, 1970 

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MARY ELIZA BEALE BRETT

   Como, N.C. - Mrs. Mary Eliza Beale Brett, 97, died Saturday morning in her 
home. 

   A native of Southampton County, Va. she was the daughter of John and Sarah 
Elizabeth Barnes Beale and the widow of Walter L. Brett. 

   She was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church. 

   She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Thelma Brett, and Mrs. Gertie 
Liverman of Murfreesboro, Miss Helen E. Brett of Como, Mrs. Lucy Edwards of 
Franklin and Mrs. Jennie Mae Williams of Windsor; seven sons, Lewis E. Brett 
and Dennis L. Brett of Franklin, Ernest L. Brett of Como, Emmett C. Brett of 
Philadelphia, Calvin S. Brett of Chesapeake, and Walter A. Brett and Julian 
Brett of Murfreesboro; 19 grandchildren; and 37 great grandchildren. 

   A funeral service will be held Monday at 3 p.m. in New Hope United Methodist 
Church by Rev. Harry Bunch. Burial will be in Black Jack Cemetery near Como. 
Holland Funeral Home, Franklin has charge. 

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   COMO, N.C. - A funeral service for Mrs. Mary Eliza Beale Brett was conducted 
Monday at 3 p.m. in New Hope United Methodist Church by the Rev. Harry Bunch. 
Burial was in Black Jack Cemetery near Como. Holland Funeral Home, Murfreesboro 
was in charge.

   Pallbearers were Richard Brett, Jeff Brett, Jerry Brett, Robert Britt, Donald 
Brett, Earl Edwards, Ruddy Edwards, Dan Edwards, Bobby Liverman and Tommy 
Liverman.

   Mrs. Brett, 97, died Saturday morning in her home.

   A native of Southampton County, Va., she was a daughter of John and Mrs. 
Sarah Elizabeth Barnes Beale and the widow of Walter L. Brett.

   She was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church.

   She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Thelma Brett and Mrs. Gertie Liverman 
of Murfreesboro, Miss Helen E. Brett of Como, Mrs. Lucy Edwards of Franklin and 
Mrs. Jennie Mae Williams of Windsor; seven sons, Lewis E. Brett and Dennis L. 
Brett of Franklin, Ernest L. Brett of Como, Emmett C. Brett of Philadelphia, 
Calvin S. Brett of Chesapeake, and Walter A. Brett and Julian J. Brett of 
Murfreesboro; 19 grandchildren; and 37 great-grandchildren.


Mary Eliza (BEALE; Mrs. Walter Lewis) BRETT, 
b. 8 Sep 1872, Southampton Co., d. 29 Aug 1970, at home, near Como, NC, 
interred in Blackjack Oak Cemetery*, 31 Aug 1970, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sun., Aug. 30, 1970; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., Sep. 3, 1970 

*Additional information: 

Blackjack is on the line but actually in Southampton County, Va.] 
   Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, Blackjack list, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. III (MV-III-33): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Dot Harcum - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #33093370. 

Her parents are also buried there.  (III-31) 

D.Cert. 28099 

Her husband's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Apr. 10, 1954) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630w2ob.txt 


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