Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Britton, Alice F. Tomlin, 1955 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ALICE FRANCES TOMLIN BRITTON Mrs. Alice Tomlin Britton, 41, wife of Eley J. Britton of Ahoskie, N.C., died Monday, October 31, in Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie, after a long illness. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Tomlin of Carrsville, and a member of the First Baptist Church in Ahoskie. Before illness overtook her, she was active in women’s club activities and church affairs. In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Britton is survived by one sister, Mrs. Leona T. Cutchins of Franklin; and four brothers, Roy G., James J. and William A. Tomlin, all of Franklin, and Oscar V. Tomlin of Pennsville, N.J. Funeral services were conducted at the First Baptist Church, Ahoskie, Wednesday, November 2, at the 2:30 p.m. by Rev. W.P. Milne, pastor. Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin. Active pallbearers were Dick Newsome, Glen Parker, Norman S. Godwin, Harry Holloman, H.L. Howell and Bill Everett. The ladies of Mrs. Britton’s Sunday School class sat in a body and served as honorary pallbearers. Alice Frances (TOMLIN POND; Mrs. Eley J.) BRITTON, of Ahoskie, NC, Carrsville native?, d. 31 Oct 1955, Ahoskie, NC, age 41, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 200*), Franklin, 4 Nov 1955, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 10, 1955, Sect. II, p. 6 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt Additional information: Alice 1m. Woodrow Wilson POND & 2m. Eley James BRITTON. Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," July 30, 1970) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t545a1ob.txt Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 18, 1965) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t545b1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b635a2ob.txt