Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barnes, Susan T. Bryant, 1947 

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SUSAN TEMPERANCE BRYANT BARNES

   Mrs. Sue Bryant Barnes, 80*, mother of Mrs. G.D. Overman of Franklin, 
died Thursday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emmett F. Babb 
of Courtland, after a brief illness.  She is survived by three sons, 
William B., Carroll W. and Robert P. Barnes; three daughter, Mrs. G.D. 
Overman, Mrs. E.F. Babb and Mrs. Thomas Vaughan; 28 grandchildren; 10 
great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. J.R. Dickens.

   Burial services will be held this (Friday) afternoon at 4 o’clock in 
Vincent Grove Cemetery, conducted by Rev. Percy D. White of Courtland.

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SUSAN TEMPERANCE BRYANT BARNES

   Mrs. Susan Temperance Barnes died January 2, 1947, at the age of 79*. 
She was the widow of Angus B. Barnes and daughter of the late William R. 
and Elizabeth Pope Bryant.  At an early age she became a member of Whitehead 
Methodist Church where she served until a few years before her death when 
she joined the Courtland Methodist Church.

   She was a faithful wife and mother possessing the virtues of a Christian 
woman.

   One son, Royal Marvin Barnes, died in 1942 and she is survived by the 
following sons and daughters: Mrs. G.D. Overman, Franklin, Mrs. E.F. Babb, 
Mrs. Thomas Vaughan, C.W. and R.T. Barnes of Courtland, W.B. Barnes of 
Dolphin, 27 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. 
Ellen Dickens, and two nieces, Misses Bessie and Helen Dickens, of Capron, 
one nephew, J.J. Dickens, Williamsburg.

   The funeral was conducted from the home by her pastor, Rev. Percy D. White, 
assisted by Rev. L.D. Stables. Interment was made in the Vincent Grove 
Cemetery.  The pall-bearers were nephews of the deceased.


Susan Temperance "Sue" (BRYANT; Mrs. Angus B.) BARNES, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 2 Jan 1947, at daughter's home, age 78*, 
interred in Vincent's Grove U.M.C. Church Cemetery*, 3 Jan 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 3, 1947, p. 6; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 17, 1947, p. 14 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-66): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 


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