Southampton-Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barham, Bettie P. Langhorne, 1943 

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BETTIE LANGHORNE BARHAM 

   Funeral services for Mrs. Bettie Langhorne Barham, for fifty years one 
of this county’s finest citizens, were held in the cemetery at her former 
home, Newsoms, Wednesday afternoon at 5 o’clock following rites conducted 
from Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Suffolk at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. 
Louis A. Haskell officiating.

   Mrs. Barham was a member of the long prominent Langhorne family of 
Virginia, and was born in Smithfield, Va., October 4, 1850, the daughter 
of the Rev. Maurice Langhorne and Mrs. Louisa Drew Langhorne.  In 1875 she 
married Joseph L. Barham of Newsoms, and for fifty years they made their 
home in that village until after the death of Mr. Barham December 20, 1925. 
Mr. Barham, a gallant Confederate soldier and a member of the famous V.M.I. 
Boys Brigade at New Market in the Civil War, was one of Southampton’s 
leading citizens, a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1901 from 
this county, Sheriff of this county, President of the Meherrin Valley Bank 
of Boykins and serving his county and district as Supervisor for several 
years.

   For the past 16 years. Mrs. Barham and her daughter, Miss Lulie Drew 
Barham, had made their home at the Hotel Elliott in Suffolk, and age had 
failed to dim her interest in world affairs until just a few days before 
her death.  She was a woman of remarkable ability, well-informed, active 
and friendly toward the large number of people who enjoyed and valued her 
friendship.  She was a consistent communicant of the Episcopal Church. 
Surviving her is her daughter, Miss Lulie Drew Barham of Suffolk, her only 
son, Judge J. Langhorne Barham dying a number of years ago, while several 
years ago her only grandson, Charles D. Barham, died as a result of an 
automobile accident.  She leaves two granddaughters, Mrs. Donald Bell of 
Goldsboro, N.C., and Mrs. D. Stover Berry of Louisville, Ky.; seven great-
grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews, among whom are: Rev. 
Edgar G. Gammon, D.D., president of Hampden-Sydney College; Col. J. Polk, 
Gammon, U.S.A., now stationed in Atlanta; Mrs. Ashton McWharter of 
Knoxville, Tenn.; Dr. Curtis Langhorne of Atlanta; Mrs. Howard Gwaltney of 
Smithfield, and Miss Lulie Gaines of Asheville, N.C.

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Mrs. B.L. Barham Buried April [sic; May] 12th 

  Suffolk, May 13 - Funeral services for Mrs. Bettie Langhorne Barham, 
prominent resident of this city, and widely known in the State, who died 
Tuesday morning at 12:10 o'clock at the age of 92, were conducted Wednesday 
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church with the Rev. 
Louis A. Haskell officiating. 

  The body was taken to Newsoms, Southampton County, former home of the 
deceased, for burial in Newsoms Cemetery at 5 P.M. 


Bettie P. (LANGHORNE; Mrs. Joseph L.) BARHAM, of Suffolk, 
formerly of Southampton Co., 
b. 4 Oct 1850, Smithfield, d. 11 May 1943, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 12 May 1943, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 14, 1943; 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 26, No. 9, May 20, 1943, p. 1, col. 3 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-2): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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