Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bradshaw, Nettie Ferguson, 1955 

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VERNETTIE FERGUSON BRADSHAW 

   Mrs. Nettie Ferguson Bradshaw, 82, well-known and beloved resident of the 
Newsoms community, died early Wednesday morning, October 12 at her home after 
a lingering illness of several months.

   She was the widow of Cordie C. Bradshaw and the daughter of the late Samuel 
and Martha Ann Bryant Ferguson of Southampton County.  She was one of the 
oldest members of the Newsoms Baptist Church.

   Surviving her are four daughters, Mrs. Bertha Stillwell of Winston-Salem, 
N.C., Mrs. Henry Worrell of Richmond, Mrs. Jack Watson of Hampton and Mrs. 
Thornton Gibbs of Cheriton; two sons, Hersey C. Bradshaw of Newsoms and Carl 
L. Bradshaw of Seaboard, N.C.; 11 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. H.T. Miles 
of Newsoms and Mrs. H.E. Edwards of Petersburg; two brothers, Clarence Q. 
Ferguson of Newsoms and Carlton Ferguson of Suffolk and a number of nieces and 
nephews.

   Funeral services were held in the Newsoms Baptist Church this (Thursday) 
afternoon at 3 o’clock with Rev. L.F. Smith, pastor of the church, and Rev. 
L.E. Dailey of Powellsville, N.C., former pastor, officiating.  Interment was 
in Newsoms Cemetery.


"Nettie" Vernettie (FERGUSON; Mrs. Cordie C.) BRADSHAW, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 12 Oct 1955, at home, near Newsoms, age 82, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 13 Oct 1955, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 13, 1955, I-8 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-6): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

We show her as Vernettie A.P., but her son Aaron's D.Cert. gives Nettie Mae. 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 30, 1949, p. 14) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b632c8ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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