Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barnes, Benjamin M., 1938 

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BENJAMIN MUNROE BARNES 

  Franklin, July 30 - (Special) - B.M. Barnes, aged 88, well-known resident of 
the Berlin-Ivor community, died last night at his home near Dory.  He was the 
son of the late Johnson Barnes and Mrs. Ava Bradshaw Barnes, of Southampton. 
On February 6, 1878, he married Miss Elizabeth Alice Butler, who died in 1931.

  Mr. Barnes was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church.  He is survived by 
two sons, L.F. Barnes, of Hutchinson, Kan., and Alex Gurley Barnes, of Sedley; 
and two daughters, Mrs. R.H. Hones, of Dendron, and Mrs. Pattie Hones, of 
Sedley.  Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the 
grave in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley.


Benjamin Munroe BARNES, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 29 Jul 1938, at home, near Dory, age 88, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 31 Jul 1938, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), July 31, 1938, p. 9 

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


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and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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