Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Newspapers.....Bradshaw, Robert O., 1956 

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ROBERT ODOM BRADSHAW

COURTLAND FARMER ACCIDENTALLY DIES BY ELECTROCUTION

   Robert Odom Bradshaw, 37, well known farmer of the Courtland community was 
killed, instantly from electrocution about 1 p.m. Saturday at his home when an 
iron pipe he was pulling from a deep well came in contact with a high tension 
wire crossing the E.A. Davis farm. 

   Mr. Bradshaw was employed by E.A. Davis, Southampton County Agent, as an 
overseer on his farm, having made his home on Indian Town Road for the past 
three years. 

   Ernest Dupree, 51, who was working with Mr. Bradshaw at the time, received 
second degree burns and was admitted to the Raiford Memorial Hospital, where 
he still is under doctor's care. 

   Mr. Davis, who was supervising the operation, was knocked down to the 
ground, and was blacked out for several minutes.  He suffered no other 
injuries. 

   The accident occurred while Mr. Bradshaw and Dupree were removing the long 
pipe from the hole.  Dupree was holding the lower end of the pipe and Mr. 
Bradshaw was guiding it, when it came in contact with the high voltage wires. 
Mr. Bradshaw acted as the ground, with only part of the electricity hitting 
Dupree and Mr. Davis. 

   The Franklin Rescue Squad and their equipment were called to the scene of 
the accident. Dr. E.F. Reese, III, attended. 

   Mr. Bradshaw was the husband of Mrs. Daphine Winstead Bradshaw of Courtland 
and the son of Mrs. Gertrude Peele Bradshaw of Holland and the late Walter 
Linwood Bradshaw of Southampton County.  He was a member of the Hunterdale 
Christian Church. 

   Beside his wife and mother, he is survived by five children, Joyce Evelyn, 
Robert Wayne, David Winstead, Betty Sherron and Gary Norman Bradshaw, all of 
Courtland; two sisters, Mrs. W.J. Edwards of Courtland and Mrs. Ray Vaughan of 
Hampton; one brother, Walter Linwood Bradshaw of Franklin and a number of 
nieces and nephews. 

   Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the W.J.M. 
Holland and Sons Funeral Home of Franklin with Rev. Clyde Fields, pastor of 
the Hunterdale Christian Church, and Rev. R.E. Brittle of Suffolk. 

   Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery. 

   Active pallbearers were Morris Blythe, Herman Cobb, Marvin Whitley, Dr. 
Lemuel Branch, Leroy Allen, J.G. Cobb, Edward Blythe and Steve Hornock. 
Members of his Sunday School class and friends served as honorary pallbearers. 


Robert Odom BRADSHAW, farmer overseer, Army veteran of WW-II, 
accidentally electrocuted 6 Oct 1956, at home, near Courtland, age 37, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 48*), Franklin, 8 Oct 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 11, 1956 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
    Poplar Spring list:
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt


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