Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Branch, Virgie Carr, 1950 

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VIRGIE CARR BRANCH

   Shortly before going to press yesterday we learned of the death Thursday 
morning about 10:30 o’clock of Mrs. Virgie Carr Branch of Franklin.  Mrs. 
Branch had been a patient in Raiford Memorial Hospital for several days prior 
to her death.  She was 53 years of age.

   The daughter of the late N.L. Carr and Mrs. Bessie Lewis Carr of Franklin, 
she was the wife of R.C. Branch.  She was a member of the Franklin Baptist 
Church and of its Women’s Missionary Society.

   In addition to her husband she is survived by two sons, R.C. Branch, Jr., 
and Dr. Lemuel A. Branch of Franklin; three grandchildren; a brother, E. Roy 
Carr of Roanoke; and several nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Branch will be held this (Friday) afternoon at 
3:30 o’clock, with Revs. Randolph L. Gregory and R.D. Stephenson officiating. 
The body will be placed in the church an hour before the funeral.  Burial will 
be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Virgie (CARR; Mrs. Robert C. {Sr.}) BRANCH, of Franklin, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 19 Oct 1950, Franklin, age 53, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 31*), Franklin, 
   20 Oct 1950, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 20, 1950, p. 1 

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

Additional information: 

Robert Clinton Branch, 24, s, So.Co., So.Co., Farmer, 
   s/o Alex W. and Susan Saludy Bradshaw Branch, George Beale -Step-father 
m. 11-29-1914 Franklin Baptist Church, Franklin, So.Co., Va. 
   by Rev. J.L. McCutcheon 
Virgie E. Carr, 18, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o Nathan Lemuel and Margaret Bessie Lewis Carr 
(Southampton Co. MB15:506; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

181. m. 11/29/1914, Southampton Co., by J.L. McCutcheon 
R.C. Branch, 24, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o A.W. & S. Branch, Farmer 
Virgie E. Carr, 18, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o N.L. & M.F. Carr 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}, transcribed by Matt Harris: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb15pt.txt) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 1, 1966, p. 15) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b652r7ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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