Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barnes, Susan T. Bryant, 1947 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ 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. ****************************************************************************** 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, b. 7 Apr 1868*, Southampton Co., d. 2 Jan 1947, at daughter's home, Courtland, interred in Vincent's Grove Methodist Church Cemetery*, 3 Jan 1947, "Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 41, No. 10, Fri., Jan. 3, 1947, p. 6; "Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 41, No. 12, Fri., Jan. 17, 1947, p. 14 *Additional information: Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (MV-IV-66): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt Photos of her gravestone & monument - added by SuEllen Askew - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #33282691. D.Cert. 2313 (Jerusalem #2) gives b. 7 Apr 1867, daughter of William B. The 1900 Census Boykins Dist., Southampton Co. - also gives b. Apr 1867. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Dale Whitfield (Whitfield65@aol.com), and Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b652s2ob.txt