Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Martha F. Howell, 1920 

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MARTHA HOWELL BROWN

MRS. MARTHA HOWELL BROWN

   Mrs. Martha Howell Brown, widow of the late Richard Dixon Brown, died at 
her home in Franklin Saturday, December 18, age 61 years. 

   Mrs. Brown, who was the daughter of the late Alexander Howell and Mary 
Robertson Howell, was born in this county and had made her home in Franklin 
since her marriage in 1879*.  She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John 
Beaton and Mrs. Joseph P. Johnson, one sister, Miss Chetta Howell, one 
brother, Mr. Alexander Howell and two grandchildren. 

   Burial services, conducted by her pastor, Rev. M.A. MacLean, assisted by 
Dr. C.H. Rowland were held at the grave in Poplar Spring cemetery at 2 o'clock 
Sunday afternoon. 

   The active pallbearers were Jeff Robertson, Claude Howell, Henry Johnson, 
Arthur Howell, E.F. Gray, Hurley Daughtrey, Willard Cooper and R.L. Forresst; 
honorary, Uriah Rawls, W.H. Jones, J.N. Cobb, T.O. Barrett, I.E. Howell, C.R. 
Johnson, J.R. Howell, W.C. Rawls, J.E. Pruden, J.B. Gay, Livy Beaton, J.T. 
Butler. 


Martha F. (HOWELL; Mrs. Richard Dixon) BROWN, 
d. 18 Dec 1920, at home, Franklin, age 61, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section II, Plot 24B**), Franklin, 
   19 Dec 1920, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 24, 1920, p. 1 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

*The date of her marriage is wrong, and the record gives b. Isle of Wight Co.: 

Rich'd D. Brown, 41, widowed, b. Warwick Co., res. Franklin, 
   sn/o Richard & Ann B., Jeweler 
Martha F. Howell, 19, b. & res. Isle of Wight Co., dt/o Alexander & Martha? 
m. 7 Apr 1878, Isle of Wight, by R.H. Holland 
(Isle of Wight Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}, p. 183, line numbered both #47 & #1) 


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